A similar bug to this has been reported in 2014, but is now closed:

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=334045

This is a package problem. Mediawiki is available here.
Please test digiKam-5.3.0 AppImage bundle for Linux:

http://download.kde.org/stable/digikam/

Maik

Problem is not reproducible with AppImage, as Maik, said. Please try with the Linux Bundle...

Gilles Caulier

I will try with the appbundle ASAP. However, it would be appreciated if this could be resolved with the Ubuntu package, since this is a common installation. How can I help get this issue fixed in the Ubuntu packages?

Generally, users are coming to Digikam through a package manager such as KDE Discover or the Ubuntu Software Store. The AppImage approach may work, but is not perhaps the most natural way for end-users to discover/install software.

I can confirm, also, that the 5.3.0 AppImage installation contains the MediaWiki export option. What steps can I take to help the KDE Neon packagers support this plugin?

If the plugin is listed in tools setup page this want mean that desktop files from kipi-plugins is installed. this will not check if tool can be loaded in memory.

At run time, of course, the plugin is loaded. If an error occur, this will be printed to the console.

Run digiKam from a console and look the debug statement. Mediawiki and libkipi will be print if something is wrong as a version diff or a broken dependency.

In all case, this is a package problem, not a digiKam implementation problem.

Gilles Caulier

Here is the output of my console when running the digikam command:

$ digikam
digikam.general: AlbumWatch use QFileSystemWatcher
digikam.general: Database Parameters:
   Type:                     "QSQLITE"
   DB Core Name:             "/home/brylie/Pictures/digikam4.db"
   DB Thumbs Name:           "/home/brylie/Pictures/thumbnails-digikam.db"
   DB Face Name:             "/home/brylie/Pictures/recognition.db"
   Connect Options:          ""
   Host Name:                ""
   Host port:                -1
   Internal Server:          false
   Internal Server Path:     ""
   Internal Server Serv Cmd: ""
   Internal Server Init Cmd: ""
   Username:                 ""
   Password:                 ""

digikam.dbengine: Loading SQL code from config file "/usr/share/digikam/database/dbconfig.xml"
digikam.dbengine: Checking XML version ID => expected:  3  found:  3
digikam.coredb: Core database: running schema update
digikam.coredb: Core database: have a structure version  8
digikam.coredb: Core database: makeUpdates  8  to  8
digikam.database: Creating new Location  "/home/brylie/Pictures"  uuid  "volumeid:?uuid=bb7d944a-7656-4808-a401-01dc3e05c570"
digikam.database: location for  "/home/brylie/Pictures"  is available  true
KMemoryInfo: Platform identified :  "LINUX"
KMemoryInfo: TotalRam:  8256819200
digikam.general: Allowing a cache size of 200 MB
digikam.thumbsdb: ThumbDB SelectThumbnailSetting val ret =  0
digikam.thumbsdb: ThumbDB SelectThumbnailSetting val ret =  0
digikam.thumbsdb: Thumbs database: have a structure version  "3"
digikam.general: Thumbnails database ready for use
digikam.general: Switch to widget style:  "Fusion"
digikam.dimg: ("/usr/share/color/icc")
digikam.dimg: No X.org XICC profile installed for screen  0
digikam.general: Camera XML data:  "/home/brylie/.local/share/digikam/cameras.xml"
digikam.facedb: FaceDB SelectFaceSetting val ret =  0
digikam.facedb: FaceDB SelectFaceSetting val ret =  0
digikam.facedb: Face database: have a structure version  "2"
digikam.facesengine: Face database ready for use
digikam.general: Face PipeLine: add database writer
digikam.general: Face PipeLine: add faces trainer
digikam.facesengine: Face database ready for use
digikam.general: Face PipeLine: add database writer
digikam.general: Face PipeLine: add faces trainer
digikam.geoiface: "setting backend marble"
digikam.general: Stacked View Mode :  0
digikam.geoiface: "setting backend marble"
digikam.general: "browse_album"
digikam.general: "browse_tag"
digikam.general: "browse_labels"
digikam.general: "browse_date"
digikam.general: "browse_timeline"
digikam.general: "browse_search"
digikam.general: "browse_fuzzysearch"
digikam.general: "browse_gpssearch"
digikam.general: "browse_people"
digikam.widgets: Paths to color scheme :  ("/usr/share/digikam/colorschemes")
digikam.widgets: "Breeze"  ::  ""
digikam.widgets: "Breeze"  ::  ""
QFSFileEngine::open: No file name specified
digikam.dimg: Root lens database dir:  "/usr/share/lensfun"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "6x6.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "compact-canon.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "compact-casio.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "compact-fujifilm.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "compact-kodak.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "compact-konica-minolta.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "compact-leica.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "compact-nikon.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "compact-olympus.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "compact-panasonic.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "compact-pentax.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "compact-ricoh.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "compact-samsung.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "compact-sigma.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "compact-sony.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "generic.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "mil-canon.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "mil-fujifilm.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "mil-nikon.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "mil-olympus.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "mil-panasonic.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "mil-samsung.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "mil-samyang.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "mil-sigma.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "mil-sony.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "rf-leica.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "slr-canon.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "slr-contax.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "slr-hasselblad.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "slr-konica-minolta.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "slr-leica.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "slr-nikon.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "slr-olympus.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "slr-panasonic.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "slr-pentax.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "slr-samsung.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "slr-samyang.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "slr-schneider.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "slr-sigma.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "slr-soligor.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "slr-sony.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "slr-tamron.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "slr-tokina.xml"
digikam.dimg: Load lens database file:  "slr-ussr.xml"
digikam.dimg: variant:  QVariant(Digikam::LensFunIface::DevicePtr, )
digikam.dimg: dev:  Asahi Optical Co.,Ltd  ::  PENTAX Optio 430  ::  4.85
digikam.dimg: Search for camera  "" - ""  ==> false
digikam.dimg: Search for lens  ""  ==> false
digikam.dimg: updating data
digikam.dimg: updating data
digikam.general: Using  4  CPU core to run threads
digikam.general: new search text settings:  "" : hasResult =  false , validRows =  0
QFSFileEngine::open: No file name specified
digikam.geoiface: ----
digikam.general: Added root album called:  "Pictures"
digikam.general: Using  4  CPU core to run threads
digikam.general: Action Thread run  1  new jobs
digikam.geoiface: "ROADMAP"
digikam.geoiface: "ROADMAP"
digikam.geoiface: "setting backend marble"
digikam.geoiface: "ROADMAP"
digikam.geoiface: ----
digikam.general: Stacked View Mode :  0
digikam.geoiface: "ROADMAP"
digikam.geoiface: ----
digikam.geoiface: ----
digikam.general: Using  4  CPU core to run threads
digikam.general: Stacked View Mode :  2
digikam.general: Action Thread run  1  new jobs
digikam.general: One job is done
digikam.general: Data From DBJobsThread is null:  true
digikam.general: Cancel Main Thread
digikam.general: One job is done
kipi.plugins: Plugin_PrintImages plugin loaded
kipi.library: UI file : "/usr/share/kxmlgui5/kipi/kipiplugin_printimagesui.rc"
kipi.library: Loaded plugin  "PrintImages"
kipi.plugins: Plugin_SendImages plugin loaded
kipi.library: UI file : "/usr/share/kxmlgui5/kipi/kipiplugin_kmlexportui.rc"
kipi.library: Loaded plugin  "KMLExport"
kipi.plugins: Plugin_SendImages plugin loaded
kipi.library: UI file : "/usr/share/kxmlgui5/kipi/kipiplugin_sendimagesui.rc"
kipi.library: Loaded plugin  "SendImages"
kipi.plugins: Plugin_Piwigo plugin loaded
kipi.library: UI file : "/usr/share/kxmlgui5/kipi/kipiplugin_piwigoui.rc"
kipi.library: Loaded plugin  "Piwigo"
kipi.plugins: Plugin_RemoteStorage plugin loaded
kipi.library: UI file : "/usr/share/kxmlgui5/kipi/kipiplugin_remotestorageui.rc"
kipi.library: Loaded plugin  "RemoteStorage"
kipi.plugins: Plugin_Flickr plugin loaded
kipi.library: UI file : "/usr/share/kxmlgui5/kipi/kipiplugin_flickrui.rc"
kipi.library: Loaded plugin  "Flickr"
kipi.plugins: Reading data from kipirc file..
digikam.geoiface: ----
digikam.general: Stacked View Mode :  2
QFSFileEngine::open: No file name specified
digikam.geoiface: "setting backend marble"
digikam.geoiface: "ROADMAP"
digikam.facesengine: Face database ready for use
digikam.general: Face PipeLine: add database writer
digikam.general: Face PipeLine: add faces trainer
digikam.facesengine: Face database ready for use
digikam.general: Face PipeLine: add database writer
digikam.general: Face PipeLine: add faces trainer
QFSFileEngine::open: No file name specified
digikam.geoiface: "setting backend marble"
digikam.geoiface: "ROADMAP"
digikam.geoiface: "setting backend marble"
digikam.geoiface: "ROADMAP"
digikam.geoiface: ----
digikam.general: scan mode: ScanDeferredFiles
digikam.general: total scan value :  10
digikam.database: items to tag ()
digikam.database: Complete scan took: 9 msecs.
digikam.general: Event is dispatched through a passive pop-up
QLayout: Attempting to add QLayout "" to QWidget "", which already has a layout

It has been over two years that the Mediawiki export plugin has not worked for the Ubuntu digikam package. Please help me troubleshoot this issue, so that it can be resolved in the Ubuntu packages.

kipi.plugins: Plugin_PrintImages plugin loaded
kipi.library: UI file : "/usr/share/kxmlgui5/kipi/kipiplugin_printimagesui.rc"
kipi.library: Loaded plugin  "PrintImages"
kipi.plugins: Plugin_SendImages plugin loaded
kipi.library: UI file : "/usr/share/kxmlgui5/kipi/kipiplugin_kmlexportui.rc"
kipi.library: Loaded plugin  "KMLExport"
kipi.plugins: Plugin_SendImages plugin loaded
kipi.library: UI file : "/usr/share/kxmlgui5/kipi/kipiplugin_sendimagesui.rc"
kipi.library: Loaded plugin  "SendImages"
kipi.plugins: Plugin_Piwigo plugin loaded
kipi.library: UI file : "/usr/share/kxmlgui5/kipi/kipiplugin_piwigoui.rc"
kipi.library: Loaded plugin  "Piwigo"
kipi.plugins: Plugin_RemoteStorage plugin loaded
kipi.library: UI file : "/usr/share/kxmlgui5/kipi/kipiplugin_remotestorageui.rc"
kipi.library: Loaded plugin  "RemoteStorage"
kipi.plugins: Plugin_Flickr plugin loaded
kipi.library: UI file : "/usr/share/kxmlgui5/kipi/kipiplugin_flickrui.rc"
kipi.library: Loaded plugin  "Flickr"
kipi.plugins: Reading data from kipirc file..

^^^ no MediaWiki tool is loaded

In your config file ~/.config/digikamrc, what the content of section [KIPI/EnabledPlugin] ?

Gilles Caulier

Fixed with #334045