Re: upgrade digikam

Hi,

For the install dependencies for the source code build, i write a
shell script to run as root here:

https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/raw/master/project/scripts/installdeps-ubuntu.sh?ref_type=heads

Ubuntu 22.04 and later are supported.

I also run it on a Debian based install on PI4 and an arm64 UTM VM
running on my MacBook Pro M1 Silicon. I work well.

My best

Gilles Caulier

Le lun. 4 août 2025 à 10:58, Remco Viëtor <[email protected]> a écrit :
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> On lundi 4 août 2025 10:32:11 heure d’été d’Europe centrale Errol Sapir wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > My OS is MX-kde. Until a few days ago I used the appimage of Digikam and was
> > using Digikam 8.0. I decided to install digikam on my computer as a
> > program. It installed version 4:7.9.0-1 from the MX repo which opens
> > digikam 7.9.0. How can I update to version 8?
> >
>
> I see two options (besides the appimage):
> - find a repo for your distribution which has the latest version (needs a
> volunteer to maintain the repo)
> - compile from sources, which requires you to install development packages for
> all dependencies *with the proper versions*.
>
> If there is no third-party build for your distro, the simplest is using the
> appimage. Personally, I stay away from flatpak or snap, the sandboxing can
> cause issues when using external libraries not planned for in the package???
>
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