Bug 501223 - digikam cannot use exiftool binary located in macOS system folder
Summary: digikam cannot use exiftool binary located in macOS system folder
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: digikam
Classification: Applications
Component: Metadata-ExifTool (show other bugs)
Version: 8.5.0
Platform: macOS (DMG) macOS
: NOR minor
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Digikam Developers
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Reported: 2025-03-08 11:35 UTC by ps19898989
Modified: 2025-03-11 17:55 UTC (History)
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Description ps19898989 2025-03-08 11:35:19 UTC 
SUMMARY

digikam is unable to use the exiftool binary at '/opt/local/libexec/perl5.34/exiftool'.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Go to Preferences, Metadata, Exiftool 
2. Click 'Find' and point digikam to the binary mentioned above (toggle hidden folders view in macOS Finder)
3. Close Preferences by clicking 'OK'

OBSERVED RESULT

Digikam will not use the binary.

EXPECTED RESULT

Digikam should use this binary.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
macOS: 15.3.1 (24D70)
Comment 1 Maik Qualmann 2025-03-08 11:40:57 UTC 
Create a debug output in the Terminal of the process as described here for macOS:

https://www.digikam.org/contribute/#macos-host

Maik
Comment 2 Maik Qualmann 2025-03-08 19:41:48 UTC 
Tested here under Linux and Windows, it is possible to switch to another installed ExifTool version without any problems.
Note that we test by querying the ExifTool version to see if it is usable. If the ExifTool version is too old or does not work correctly (missing rights?), the path will not be changed. Debug log is urgently needed to analyze the problem.

Maik
Comment 3 ps19898989 2025-03-11 17:55:04 UTC 
Oddly enough Digikam can use the exiftool binary I am trying to point it to when launching from the command line. Note that my Digikam installation is not in '/Applications/digiKam.org/digikam.app/Contents/MacOS/digikam', but in '/Applications/digikam.app/Contents/MacOS/digikam'. I moved it there manually and deleted the 'digikam.org' folder.