Re: tar.xz file for Windows

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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> 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
> >
> >
> >
>