tar.xz file for Windows

[Milind Joshi]

Got it. Thanks.

On 07.01.2026 11:20 am, Gilles Caulier wrote:
> Hi,
>
> It includes plenty of fixes, but also new features. The NEWS file on 
> the root of digiKam git repository always contains the list of changes 
> and bugs closed :
>
> https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/raw/master/NEWS?ref_type=heads
>
> A new tool is under construction: the Survey Window. It's dedicated to 
> reviewing items on a second screen to replace the SlideShow tool by 
> default. Not all is finalized at all, and I'm working on it currently.
>
> Bugzilla entry : https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=501292
> Screenshot : https://bugsfiles.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=188266
>
> Best regards
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> Le mer. 7 janv. 2026 à 06:25, Milind Joshi <mmjoshi at iitbombay.org> a 
> écrit :
>
>     Is this stable enough? I download
>     digiKam-9.0.0-20260106T182548-Qt6-Win64.tar.xz right?
>
>     On 06.01.2026 06:51 pm, Gilles Caulier wrote:
>>     The tarball is already here for the 9.0.0 pre-release :
>>
>>     https://files.kde.org/digikam/
>>
>>     Gilles Caulier
>>
>>     Le mar. 6 janv. 2026 à 14:05, Milind Joshi
>>     <mmjoshi at iitbombay.org> a écrit :
>>
>>         Thanks for creating the bug report. This file is still not
>>         available for
>>         download for the 8.8.0 version. Hopefully, gets fixed in the
>>         new version
>>         so that I can upgrade.
>>
>>         On 01.12.2025 01:39 am, Maik Qualmann wrote:
>>         > 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
>>         >
>>         >
>>         >
>>
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