tar.xz file for Windows

[Milind Joshi]

Thanks for the bug report. When will it be resolved? I hope going 
forward this will be a standard practice.

On 01.12.2025 01:39 am, Maik Qualmann wrote:
> See: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=511588
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> Maik
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> Am Sonntag, 30. November 2025, 12:40:45 Mitteleuropäische Normalzeit schrieb
> Milind Joshi:
>> i don't see tar.xz file for the 8.8.0 version. Will it be uploaded?
>> Going forward will this download be not a standard feature?
>>
>> On 28.07.2024 05:41 pm, Milind Joshi wrote:
>>> Is QT5 deprecated in the 8.5.0 version? I see only the QT6 file?
>>>
>>> On 27.07.2024 06:12:12 pm, Gilles Caulier wrote:
>>>> It's safe to use 8.5.0. There are only bugfixes for the moment
>>>>
>>>> Best
>>>>
>>>> Gilles Caulier
>>>>
>>>> Le sam. 27 juil. 2024 à 14:37, Milind Joshi <mmjoshi at iitbombay.org> a
>>>>
>>>> écrit :
>>>>> Thanks. Will that file be uploaded for 8.4.0 or I need to try out the
>>>>> 8.5.0 version? I would rather stick to the stable version.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 27.07.2024 05:59:13 pm, Gilles Caulier wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No nothing has changed... The XV binaries archive for Windows verison
>>>>>> 8.4.0 are just missing in the download area. It's probably a miss
>>>>>> while publishing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The 8.5.0 pre release which are automatized contains the XV
>>>>>> archives here :
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://files.kde.org/digikam/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gilles Caulier
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Le sam. 27 juil. 2024 à 14:09, Milind Joshi <mmjoshi at iitbombay.org>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> a écrit :
>>>>>>> Till version 8.3.0 there used to be a file in the format
>>>>>>> 8.x.y-Win64.tar.xz which I could download and use it as a portable
>>>>>>> version by extracting it to a folder and executing the digikam.exe
>>>>>>> file.
>>>>>>> This is also mentioned in the Windows download page.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Quote
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We provide also a portable archive file (tar.xz), just decompress the
>>>>>>> content somewhere convenient, then double-click on the digiKam
>>>>>>> icon in
>>>>>>> the folder. This will not impact an installed version of digiKam,
>>>>>>> though
>>>>>>> it will share your settings with your regular installed version.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Unquote
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> However, the file 8.4.0-Win64.tar.xz is much smaller and does not
>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>> the digikam.exe file. Has something changed? Where can I find this
>>>>>>> file?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> mj
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