Re: Setting up digiKam to use darktable as Image Editor

Gilles Caulier <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.kde.digikam.user
Message-ID <CAHFG6sHX-Z2qyaifCfeqAa00m8=+s9Z2S7daTebx+rhL1G79+Q@mail.gmail.com>
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

Le jeu. 11 sept. 2025 à 19:13, <[email protected]> a écrit :
>
> Trying again with a different email address…
>
> On Fri, Sep 5, 2025, at 16:43, Jay wrote:
>
> Like I do with digiKam, I use the darktable appimage for that application. I discovered, after deleting an old installed (i.e., not appimage) version of darktable that digiKam would no longer go directly to darktable as the image editor.
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> Is there any way to have digiKam invoke darktable's appimage as the image editor?
>
> Great software! Many thanks!
>
> Jay Rutherford
>
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