https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=469224
caulier.gil...@gmail.com changed:
What |Removed |Added
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Version Fixed In| |8.1.0
Resolution|DUPLICATE |FIXED
--- Comment #6 from caulier.gil...@gmail.com ---
Thank you for the Visual C++ version which installs and runs smoothly…
>I nevertheless tested digiKam-8.0.0-Win64.exe on a different PC but also using
>Windows 10. The latter installed correctly. It is true that the >installation
>from a previous version of DigiKam in service has not been interrupted.
fine
>Does the installation program leave information in the Registry or in
>temporary directories which would remain in the state after a sudden stop?
>On the PC whose installation was impossible, I deleted DigiKam from the
>Programs folder.
There is nothing in database registry, but probably some temporary files stored
by the installer.
>Then I did a Copy / Paste of the DigiKam directory of the PC whose installer
>digiKam-8.0.0-Win64.exe in the recalcitrant PC … and version 8.0.0 >seems to
>work perfectly.
Yes. this is what's the installer do in background.
>Windows and its locks are the cause. Like you, I find it abnormal to have to
>pay to provide an open source application to this proprietary operating
>>system. There may be another solution: Propose a compressed file without an
>installer from the directory…
Well the stand alone compressed archive of digiKam binary for Windows already
exists and is published with the release. Look these files:
digiKam-8.0.0-Win64.tar.xz
digiKam-8.0.0-Win64-debug.tar.xz
... from the official download url
https://download.kde.org/stable/digikam/8.0.0/
Gilles Caulier
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