*** IMpossible to install. Databases can initiated correctly, but digiKam (QT6) have no MysQL/MariaDB drivers included. Sandbox prevents access to system drivers, so that it is impossible to connect. Flatpak should not be used under these circumstances *** SUMMARY Don't use Flatpak for DigiKam if you need a remote databse server (MySQL/Maria-DB= STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. [✓] org.kde.Sdk.Locale 6.9 i flathub 321,0 kB / 415,0 MB [✓] org.kde.Sdk 6.9 i flathub 869,3 MB / 1,2 GB works fine but: 2. flatpak run --command=sh org.kde.digikam 3. [📦 org.kde.digikam ~]$ ls /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/sqldrivers OBSERVED RESULT ls: Access to '/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/sqldrivers' not possible: directory or file not found EXPECTED RESULT SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: macOS: (available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window) Linux/KDE Plasma: KDE neon User Edition KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.2 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.19.0 Qt Version: 6.9.3 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Kernel Version: 6.14.0-35-generic (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (31.3 GiB usable) Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon Graphics Manufacturer: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Product Name: MS-7C91 System Version: 1.0
Take a look here : https://www.digikam.org/download/binary/#linux-sandbox Read the Flatpak documentation. If it's not enough report the problem to the Flathub team. Best regards Gilles Caulier
See also this Bug: https://github.com/flathub/org.kde.digikam/issues/17 Maik