Bug 496913

Summary: ExifTool does not exists or exec permission is missing
Product: [Applications] digikam Reporter: san.li.msg <san.li.msg>
Component: Metadata-ExifToolAssignee: Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: major CC: metzpinguin
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 8.5.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Microsoft Windows   
OS: Microsoft Windows   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In: 8.9.0
Sentry Crash Report:

Description san.li.msg@gmail.com 2024-12-02 04:20:08 UTC 
SUMMARY
ExifTool does not exists or exec permission is missing

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
Open digikam in digiKam-8.5.0-Qt6-Win64, and a prompt appears below the toolbar (see OBSERVED RESULT)

OBSERVED RESULT
ExifTool is not available in your digiKam installation or is not working correctly.
Go to the digiKam settings and check the availability of the ExifTool binary file in the metadata section.
Error message: ExifTool does not exists or exec permission is missing.

EXPECTED RESULT
ExifTool can be used normally

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC
KDE Plasma Version: digiKam-8.5.0-Qt6-Win64
KDE Frameworks Version: digiKam-8.5.0-Qt6-Win64
Qt Version: 6.0

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I downloaded the latest ExifTool 13.04 from https://exiftool.org and replaced the ExifTool 12.99 in digikam 8.5.0, but the situation did not change.
Comment 1 caulier.gilles 2025-03-15 15:32:25 UTC 
Hi,

digiKam 8.6.0 is just released:

https://www.digikam.org/news/2025-03-15-8.6.0_release_announcement/

Problem still exists with this version?

Thanks in advance

Gilles Caulier
Comment 2 caulier.gilles 2025-04-11 17:34:04 UTC 
Hi,

The digiKam 8.7.0 pre-release for Windows have been rebuild from scratch today with many improvements and updates. Please test with this version to see if the problem is reproducible.

Link to download: https://files.kde.org/digikam/

Thanks in advance

Gilles Caulier
Comment 3 san.li.msg@gmail.com 2025-04-14 07:20:24 UTC 
(In reply to caulier.gilles from comment #1)
> Hi,
> 
> digiKam 8.6.0 is just released:
> 
> https://www.digikam.org/news/2025-03-15-8.6.0_release_announcement/
> 
> Problem still exists with this version?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Gilles Caulier

Yes, this problem has not recurred. In addition, I hope digikam can add a new feature of Digital watermarks (Steganography).