Bug 118318

Summary: Make (lib)gphoto support a configure flag
Product: [Applications] digikam Reporter: John Herdy <johnherdy>
Component: Portability-CmakeAssignee: Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: caulier.gilles, johnherdy
Priority: NOR    
Version: 0.8.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Gentoo Packages   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In: 0.10.0

Description John Herdy 2005-12-14 16:19:22 UTC 
Version:           0.8.0 (using KDE KDE 3.4.3)
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages
OS:                Linux

Digikam doesn't need libgphoto to work. A lot of users don't have a digital camera but use digikam to manage and manipulate their images. There is no reason to install (lib)gphoto2 if the user doesn't have a digital camera.

The Gentoo-developers can't make (lib)gphoto2-support optional, because Digikam doesn't provide a configure flag for it, i.o.w. if (lib)gphoto2 is installed on the PC digikam always build against this. This leads to wrongly stored dependencies and incorrect reverse dependency checking. This can result in deinstalling (un-emerging) (lib)gphoto2 while Digikam is build against it.

There is a bug created in Gentoo-Bugzilla: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107480

The bug can be reopend if a configure flags is created.

Thanks!
Comment 1 caulier.gilles 2007-08-22 09:14:03 UTC 
Marcel,

With KDE4 implementation and especially the future Win32 port of digiKam, this option need to be added, because libgphoto is not compilable under Win32.

This is want mean than under Win32, only UMS camera will be drived.

Gilles Caulier
Comment 2 Mikolaj Machowski 2007-08-22 09:23:32 UTC 
> This is want mean than under Win32, only UMS camera will be drived.


Not even PTP? :(

But AFAIK PTP is supported by WindowsXP out-of-the-box (at least my Fuji 
is working with vanilla WinXP without any additional drivers).

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Niezwyk
Comment 3 Marcus Meissner 2007-08-22 09:25:36 UTC 
Time to do WIA or TWAIN import support. ;)

But actually libgphoto2 might be able to port to Windows. libusb is there already, and porting libgphoto2 might not be that hard.
Comment 4 caulier.gilles 2007-08-22 09:46:47 UTC 
Marcus,

Thanks for this information. It's a good news. Let's me hear your progress on Gphoto2 win32 port.

Gilles
Comment 5 caulier.gilles 2008-10-08 13:28:02 UTC 
LibGphoto2 support is now optional in current implementation of digiKam for KDE4.

There is a new CMake flag to disable Gphoto2 support : -DENABLE_GPHOTO2=no

This is want mean that digiKam will be compilable under Windows soon... 

Note: Windows Port is in progress by Patrick Spendrin, a KDE core developper.
Look here:

http://saroengels.blogspot.com/2008/10/graphics-week.html

Gilles Caulier