[digiKam-users] Missing Export Menu

[canodigi]

I am missing the Export menu.   When I click on Export in the main menu,
nothing happens at all.  All other menus seem fine.

I have tried  removing the digikamrc file from ~/.config,  and going through
the initial setup again but that doesn't fix it.   I have tried reinstalling
the DigiKam package using Synaptic, but again, no change.

Digikam version is 5.6.0, running on Ubuntu Studio 18.04.1 LTS.





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[canodigi]

canodigi wrote

> I am missing the Export menu.   When I click on Export in the main menu,
> nothing happens at all.  All other menus seem fine.
>
> I have tried  removing the digikamrc file from ~/.config,  and going
> through
> the initial setup again but that doesn't fix it.   I have tried
> reinstalling
> the DigiKam package using Synaptic, but again, no change.
>
> Digikam version is 5.6.0, running on Ubuntu Studio 18.04.1 LTS.

Answering myself with more info.  I just downloaded the 5.9.0 appimage of
DigiKam.   It works properly, i.e. the export menu is there and working.
Not sure of the downside of using an appimage vs a native apt package for
ubuntu, but it seems to work and has picked up all my config and setup.



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[Gilles Caulier-4]

This kind of problem where all export plugins are not available in menu is due to a wrong install of plugin files loaded at run time.

In AppImage, we take a care about this point. For Kubuntu, who know...

In fact for 6.0.0, all the plugins are replace by native implementation of tools in digiKam core. There is no more loading at run time...

Gilles Caulier

Le ven. 23 nov. 2018 à 06:03, canodigi <[hidden email]> a écrit :

canodigi wrote
> I am missing the Export menu.   When I click on Export in the main menu,
> nothing happens at all.  All other menus seem fine.
>
> I have tried  removing the digikamrc file from ~/.config,  and going
> through
> the initial setup again but that doesn't fix it.   I have tried
> reinstalling
> the DigiKam package using Synaptic, but again, no change.
>
> Digikam version is 5.6.0, running on Ubuntu Studio 18.04.1 LTS.


Answering myself with more info.  I just downloaded the 5.9.0 appimage of
DigiKam.   It works properly, i.e. the export menu is there and working.
Not sure of the downside of using an appimage vs a native apt package for
ubuntu, but it seems to work and has picked up all my config and setup.



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[canodigi]

Using the appimage is working quite well, just a couple of funny problems, like when launching Gimp from within DigiKam (appimage install) I see an error from Gimp saying the little CMS library is the wrong version.  Oddly this happens when I make Gimp the default app and use a hotkey (meta+F4),  but not when I launch it from the 'Open with..." context menu.  Likewise Darktable crashes when it is the default and meta+F4 is used, but runs fine from Open with.

Anyway, I can work around this.   So thanks for your help.

On 23/11/18 10:26 pm, Gilles Caulier wrote:

This kind of problem where all export plugins are not available in menu is due to a wrong install of plugin files loaded at run time.

In AppImage, we take a care about this point. For Kubuntu, who know...

In fact for 6.0.0, all the plugins are replace by native implementation of tools in digiKam core. There is no more loading at run time...

Gilles Caulier

Le ven. 23 nov. 2018 à 06:03, canodigi <[hidden email]> a écrit :

canodigi wrote
> I am missing the Export menu.   When I click on Export in the main menu,
> nothing happens at all.  All other menus seem fine.
>
> I have tried  removing the digikamrc file from ~/.config,  and going
> through
> the initial setup again but that doesn't fix it.   I have tried
> reinstalling
> the DigiKam package using Synaptic, but again, no change.
>
> Digikam version is 5.6.0, running on Ubuntu Studio 18.04.1 LTS.


Answering myself with more info.  I just downloaded the 5.9.0 appimage of
DigiKam.   It works properly, i.e. the export menu is there and working.
Not sure of the downside of using an appimage vs a native apt package for
ubuntu, but it seems to work and has picked up all my config and setup.



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