Version: 1.9.0 (using KDE 4.6.5) OS: Linux expoblending (part of kipi-plugins) needs hugin (and it's dependencies) to run, but does not list it as a dependency. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: install kipi-plugins on base system, then run expoblending Actual Results: complains that it is missing executables needed to run (align_image_stack then enfuse) Expected Results: run without blocking errors. When I first tried using expoblending, it complained that it couldn't find align_image_stack. I figured out I needed to install hugin_tools to get that binary. Then it complained that it needed enfuse (part of enblend). this led me to installing hugin which seems to be a singular dependency which would have solved the problem one-shot.
Hugin is a run time dependency listed here : https://projects.kde.org/projects/extragear/graphics/kipi-plugins/repository/revisions/master/entry/README#L75 With next 2.6 release, hugin command line program detection at startup have been improved, with ExpoBlending and Panorama tools. Gilles Caulier
I'm not sure what 'improved' means, but -- if it still leaves the dependency to be resolved at runtime, I would suggest that (for Debian/Ubuntu distributions), that installing hugins should be suggested rather than leaving it as an (annoying) exercise for the user. For my part, when I got the second error, I almost just gave up on using the program.. not knowing if I was going to spend the next hour investigating and resolving dependencies.
Look this screenshot : https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/100127992760143250422/100127992760143250422/posts/RKT4s2xdvjD Gilles Caulier
Well, other than the fact that I can't read what it's saying: it looks like it's asking people to download/install all of the missing pieces at once. That, at least, is reassuring.