Re: call for Canon EOS / PowerShot testers

Hi,

This is just a warning, does the build work afterwards?

Ciao, Marcus

On Thu, Sep 01, 2022 at 07:38:31PM -0400, Joey Seal wrote:
> After running
> ./configure --prefix=/usr
> The output states
> Please also check that PKG_CONFIG_PATH contains
>     ${libdir}/pkgconfig
> before compiling any libgphoto2 frontend.
> But I'm not sure what to set that variable to, where on my system should
> */pkgconfig be?
> 
> On Sun, Aug 28, 2022 at 12:52 PM Joey Seal <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > Thanks for the info, I am familiar with basic git but don't have much
> > experience building from source. That said I wont have access to that
> > machine or camera for a few days. I'll give it a try when I do.
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 28, 2022, 09:54 Marcus Meissner <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> If you are not familar with working with GIT, this is a bit tricky
> >> perhaps,
> >> and please do not spend too much time on it.
> >>
> >> To proceed make sure you have libusb 1 development headers + libs
> >> installed, and
> >> also automake, autoconf, libtool, and make.
> >>
> >> Then
> >>         git clone https://github.com/gphoto/libgphoto2.git
> >>
> >>         cd libgphoto2
> >>         autoreconf -i -f
> >>         ./configure --prefix=/usr
> >>
> >>                 ( check if there were errors, and also if USB is enabled)
> >>
> >>         make
> >>         sudo make install
> >>
> >> Now "gphoto2 --version" should report libgphoto2 2.5.30.1 as version
> >> and testing could be done.
> >>
> >> If this is too difficult, its fine not to test here ... the code will also
> >> be in 2.5.31 once it getst released and gets delivered over regular
> >> distribution
> >> updates.
> >>
> >> Note that we are only replacing the libgphoto2 library, the "gphoto2"
> >> userland
> >> tool will use the replaced library.
> >>
> >> Ciao, Marcus
> >>
> >> On Sat, Aug 27, 2022 at 07:59:16AM -0400, Joey Seal wrote:
> >> > I have an M200 but I have always installed it from a package manager so
> >> I
> >> > am not sure how to build from source. After following
> >> > https://github.com/gphoto/libgphoto2/blob/master/INSTALL Im not sure
> >> how to
> >> > run libgphoto2
> >> >
> >> > joey@T480-1 ~> whereis libgphoto2
> >> > libgphoto2: /usr/lib/libgphoto2 /usr/share/libgphoto2
> >> > /usr/share/man/man3/libgphoto2.3.gz
> >> > ~> tree /usr/lib/libgphoto2
> >> > /usr/lib/libgphoto2
> >> > ├── 2.5.30
> >> > │   ├── ax203.so
> >> > │   ├── canon.so
> >> > │   ├── digigr8.so
> >> > │   ├── dimagev.so
> >> > │   ├── directory.so
> >> > │   ├── docupen.so
> >> > │   ├── jl2005a.so
> >> > │   ├── jl2005c.so
> >> > │   ├── kodak_dc240.so
> >> > │   ├── lumix.so
> >> > │   ├── mars.so
> >> > │   ├── pentax.so
> >> > │   ├── ptp2.so
> >> > │   ├── ricoh_g3.so
> >> > │   ├── sierra.so
> >> > │   ├── sonix.so
> >> > │   ├── sq905.so
> >> > │   ├── st2205.so
> >> > │   ├── topfield.so
> >> > │   └── tp6801.so
> >> > └── print-camera-list
> >> >
> >> > 1 directory, 21 files
> >> > ~> tree /usr/share/libgphoto2/
> >> > /usr/share/libgphoto2/
> >> > └── 2.5.30
> >> >     └── konica
> >> >         ├── english
> >> >         ├── french
> >> >         ├── german
> >> >         ├── japanese
> >> >         ├── korean
> >> >         └── spanish
> >> >
> >> > 2 directories, 6 files
> >> > joey@T480-1 ~>
> >> >
> >> > On Sat, Aug 27, 2022 at 7:29 AM Marcus Meissner <[email protected]>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Hi,
> >> > >
> >> > > I am currently improving the OLC handling for Canon EOS / recent
> >> PowerShot.
> >> > >
> >> > > OLC info provides a binary blob of quick changing data, like
> >> aperture, iso,
> >> > > shutterspeed, buttons, focusinfo ... and also shuttercounter
> >> apparently.
> >> > >
> >> > > As the sizes are not in the format, I currently have handcoded them.
> >> > >
> >> > > To verify our current sets, can owners of Canon EOS and capture
> >> capable
> >> > > recent PowerShot build and install "libgphoto2" from current GIT
> >> > > and run:
> >> > >
> >> > >         gphoto2 --set-config testolc=1 --debug --debug-logfile=olc.log
> >> > >
> >> > > And mail me the olc.log?
> >> > >
> >> > > Ciao, Marcus
> >> > >
> >> > >
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> >>
> >


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