Upgrading Digikam outside of Ubuntu software centre

[Gary Pocklington]

Hello,

Ok, so I seem to have established that Ubuntu/Conical are not going to
supply updates for Digikam (why not?!).

I have a couple of questions, bearing in mind that I would like to keep
Digikam up to date and have stable software.

Is there a simple way of upgrading to latest stable version of Digikam
outside of the Ubuntu software centre? For non-technical type people
like myself?

Gary
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[Sjoerd]

Quoting Gary Pocklington <[hidden email]> at Thu, 19 Jan  
2012 10:33:28 +0000:

> Hello,
>
> Ok, so I seem to have established that Ubuntu/Conical are not going  
> to supply updates for Digikam (why not?!).
>
> I have a couple of questions, bearing in mind that I would like to  
> keep Digikam up to date and have stable software.
>
> Is there a simple way of upgrading to latest stable version of  
> Digikam outside of the Ubuntu software centre? For non-technical  
> type people like myself?

How about :

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:philip5/extra

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install digikam


Works for me all the time (so far ;-) )

Cheers,



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[jag59]

Gary Pocklington wrote

Hello,

Ok, so I seem to have established that Ubuntu/Conical are not going to
supply updates for Digikam (why not?!).

I have a couple of questions, bearing in mind that I would like to keep
Digikam up to date and have stable software.

Is there a simple way of upgrading to latest stable version of Digikam
outside of the Ubuntu software centre? For non-technical type people
like myself?

Gary
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Or install PCLinuxOS.You will get latest KDE and digikam every month from the single default repository, you need not configure anything else. Now KDE is quite stable, but new bugs can always be there. Try first on test machine or in virtual box before using on production machine....this will be a safe advise.