ExifTool is not available??

[Thomas Damgaard]

Hello again,

In an attempt to fix this issue, I went to Settings -> Metadata -> 
ExifTool. It said it already had exiftool 12.70. However, I have a newer 
version installed with brew, so I figured I might need to change it. So 
I clicked change and navigated to /opt/homebrew/bin/exiftool and 
selected this. Then digikam detected this as v 12.76 which is all good. 
Then I clicked OK in Settings. Now DK froze up for like 10-15 minutes. 
Then it prompted me for this:


I did /not/ change my digikam database folder. I only changed the ExifTool.

Now I am worried about DK might do something to my database?


How to proceed from here?

I think neither of the choices here are good - and I see no "cancel" 
action available :-(


BR



On 26/06/2024 12.22, Thomas Damgaard wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>
> When I start Digikam on my Mac I briefly see this error message flashing
>
>
>
>
> Why do I see this error?
>
>
> I already have ExifTool installed:
>
> $ brew install exiftool
>
> ==> Downloading https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula.jws.json
> ###################################################################################################### 
> 100.0%
> ==> Downloading https://formulae.brew.sh/api/cask.jws.json
> ###################################################################################################### 
> 100.0%
> Warning: exiftool 12.76 is already installed and up-to-date.
> To reinstall 12.76, run:
>   brew reinstall exiftool
>
>
> How do I fix this?
>
>
> About the error and the UX:
>
> I really love DK it is a pure open source gem. However, this UX 
> pattern of flashing scary looking messages briefly is pretty bad. It 
> took me like 5 digikam startups to actually be able to read this as 
> the message is only shown for 10 seconds. DK takes probably over 30-60 
> seconds to start up on my mac. So keeping attention while just 
> watching the splash screen is difficult. Then when it finally appears, 
> this message is only flashed for 10 seconds./
> /
>
> /Please/ do not just flash a seemingly important message for only 10 
> seconds without even providing the user a way to keep the message up 
> (there is only a close button).
>
> Preferably, either decide if the message is important or not. If it is 
> not then do not show it. If it /is/ important, keep the message available.
>
> It is unclear from the message text what this actually means. I am a 
> fairly technical user and I have no idea really. I know what exiftool 
> is, but I have no idea if DK actually /needs/ it - or if it relies on 
> its own internal libexif or similar if external exiftool is not 
> available?
>
>
>
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