[digikam] [Bug 496828] New: After installation, launching fails with "The application 'Finder' does not have permission to open “(null).”"

[rcfa]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=496828

            Bug ID: 496828
           Summary: After installation, launching fails with "The
                    application 'Finder' does not have permission to open
                    “(null).”"
    Classification: Applications
           Product: digikam
           Version: 8.5.0
          Platform: macOS (DMG)
                OS: macOS
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: Setup-FirstRun
          Assignee: digikam-bugs-null at kde.org
          Reporter: rcfa+kde.org at mac.com
  Target Milestone: ---

SUMMARY


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. download the official macOS installer package
digiKam-8.5.0-Qt5-MacOS-x86_64.pkg
2. install it by jumping through the Apple "install unsigned packages" hoops.
3. locate the freshly installed digikam.app and showfoto.app apps in
/Applications/digiKam.org
4. double click on either one of them to launch

OBSERVED RESULT
Instead of the app launching, an alert panel is shown:

The application “Finder” does not have permission to open “(null).”

EXPECTED RESULT

The app launching….

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
macOS: 15.2 Beta (24C5089c) (intel)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Trying to launch the app manually from the CLI with

/Applications/digiKam.org/digikam.app/Contents/MacOS/digikam

kind of works, albeit then I get some bogus error message about lack of write
permission to ~/Pictures (which in my case is a mount point for a
case-sensitive APFS volume, to which I obviously do have write access, as all
my other photo apps access it without any issues…), despite the app previously
having been given full drive access in Apple’s 'Privacy & Security" settings.

I then continued to point the app to ~/Library/Application\ Support/digiKam/
(the last element a folder I created) for the location of the databases, which
allowed the app to finally launch. I haven’t been able to use the app yet for
anything, but at least I can launch the app from the shell.

Even after setup, the app won’t launch by double clicking from the Finder.

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