Setting up digiKam to use darktable as Image Editor

[Gilles Caulier]

Hi

The plugin is included in the AppImage, i'm sure.

Run the appimage binary in a terminal following instructions here :

https://www.digikam.org/contribute/#linux-host

In the console you will see a lots of debug traces where we must see
the plugin loaded. Copy and paste the contents here for future
investigations...

Best

Gilles Caulier

Le ven. 12 sept. 2025 à 15:33, <digikam at sritch.com> a écrit :
>
> On Fri, 12 Sep 2025 12:03:14 +0200
> Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > digiKam uses a plugin to call DarkTable as editor. The code calls
> > "darktable" executable as filename, not "darktable.appimage". Also
> > the executable must be the PATH var.env. and readable/executable.
> >
> > https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/blob/master/core/dplugins/rawimport/darktable/rawimportdarktableplugin.cpp?ref_type=heads#L192
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Gilles Caulier
>
> I'm looking for the plugin, in the Settings | Configure DK |
> plugins ... and I do not have it installed on my DK 8.7.0
> (digikam-8.7.0-qt6-x86-64.appimage)
>
> Where can I get the plugin?
>
> Thanks