tar.xz file for Windows

[Maik Qualmann]

See: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=511588

Maik

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