[SOLVED]Latest digikam, actually, or MX repository error

[lacroix]

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Snapshot created on: 20201212_1132
System:    Host: <filter> Kernel: 5.8.0-3-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.8.0-3-amd64 
           root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.14.2 tk: Gtk 3.24.5 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 
           Distro: MX-19.3_ahs_x64 patito feo November 11  2020 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) 
Machine:   Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME X470-PRO v: Rev X.0x serial: <filter> 
           UEFI: American Megatrends v: 5603 date: 07/28/2020 
CPU:       Topology: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen+ 
           family: 17 (23) model-id: 8 stepping: 2 microcode: 800820D L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm bogomips: 81434 
           Speed: 1378 MHz min/max: 1550/3400 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1376 
           2: 1372 3: 1547 4: 1547 5: 1471 6: 1547 7: 1546 8: 1547 9: 1543 10: 1371 11: 1386 
           12: 1546 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
           Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
           Type: mds status: Not affected 
           Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_store_bypass 
           mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 
           mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling 
           Type: srbds status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA GP104 [GeForce GTX 1070] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia v: 455.45.01 
           bus ID: 08:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1b81 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: nvidia 
           unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa alternate: nv resolution: 1680x1050~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 1070/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 455.45.01 
           direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: NVIDIA GP104 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel 
           v: kernel bus ID: 08:00.1 chip ID: 10de:10f0 
           Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           bus ID: 0a:00.3 chip ID: 1022:1457 
           Device-3: Microsoft LifeCam HD-3000 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo 
           bus ID: 1-14:2 chip ID: 045e:0779 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.8.0-3-amd64 
Network:   Device-1: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igb v: 5.6.0-k 
           port: e000 bus ID: 06:00.0 chip ID: 8086:1539 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 6.60 TiB used: 1.26 TiB (19.1%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Crucial model: CT250MX500SSD1 size: 232.89 GiB block size: 
           physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 020 scheme: GPT 
           ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Toshiba model: HDWD120 size: 1.82 TiB block size: 
           physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s rotation: 7200 rpm serial: <filter> 
           rev: ACF0 scheme: GPT 
           ID-3: /dev/sdf type: USB vendor: Western Digital model: WD Elements 25A1 
           size: 2.73 TiB block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B serial: <filter> rev: 1014 
           scheme: GPT 
           ID-4: /dev/sdg vendor: Toshiba model: HDWD120 size: 1.82 TiB block size: 
           physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s rotation: 7200 rpm serial: <filter> 
           rev: ACF0 scheme: GPT 
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 44.54 GiB size: 43.59 GiB (97.87%) used: 7.34 GiB (16.8%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/sda3 
           ID-2: /home raw size: 73.74 GiB size: 72.08 GiB (97.75%) used: 7.47 GiB (10.4%) 
           fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda4 
           ID-3: swap-1 size: 2.79 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap swappiness: 15 (default 60) 
           cache pressure: 100 (default) dev: /dev/sda2 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 28.9 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 48 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0% 
Repos:     No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth-pro.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb https://mirrors.evowise.com/mxlinux-packages/mx/repo/ buster main non-free
           2: deb https://mirrors.evowise.com/mxlinux-packages/mx/repo/ buster ahs
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list 
Info:      Processes: 329 Uptime: 4m Memory: 15.62 GiB used: 1.17 GiB (7.5%) Init: SysVinit 
           v: 2.93 runlevel: 5 default: 5 Compilers: gcc: 8.3.0 alt: 8 Shell: quick-system-in 
           running in: quick-system-in inxi: 3.0.36 

Am slowly despairing! I have installed digikam from synaptic. When setting up came the message that I had already installed a more recent version, the database is not compatible!
So I searched here for solutions and found the thread

viewtopic.php?t=53923

Did an update with repo manager to the fastest server. Since then this window appears when trying to update the Synaptic database: see screenshot (in german)
Digikam I still do not have up to date! After hours of searching and despair!
If this continues, I think I'll give up on it.

The translated screenshot:The application package source may no longer be available or may be unreachable due to network problems. If an older package list is still available for this application package source, it is used. Otherwise, this application package source is ignored altogether. Please check your network connection and also make sure that the address of the application package source is entered correctly in the settings.

Failure to fetch https://mirrors.evowise.com/mxlinux-pac ... ackages.gz file has an unexpected size (422727 != 422718). Possibly a mirror sync is in progress? [IP: 104.22.4.179 443]
Hashes of expected file:
- Filesize:422718 [weak]
- SHA256:a3815f09309c90363b48c4a0405677be312f2e2b74c5e1ff3ebf543b150ba6da
- SHA1:fdb9beaf500b57c5f6008ba5531c5538f49f1c2d [weak]
- MD5Sum:dc757725754639302c2f4a0c0bac6ffb [weak]
Release file created at: Mon, 21 Dec 2020 15:20:13 +0000
Failed to fetch https://mirrors.evowise.com/mxlinux-pac ... ackages.gz Some index files could not be downloaded. They were ignored or old ones were used in their place

[asqwerth]

viewtopic.php?p=614348#p614348

[tony37]

@ asqwerth: Wouldn't it be an idea to have an extra function in MX Repo Manager to select, not the fastest, but the most reliable mirror? Because it happens quite often that the fastest mirror is not reliable at all...

[asqwerth]

You could post a suggestion on the main forums or in the Dev/Helper forums.

Hopefully "reliability" can be detected in some way apart from anecdotal experience as to which mirror is reliable. I just worked out through experience what was good or bad, because the geo-located mirror chosen for me upon first installation was always TERRIBLE (yes, I mention it during alpha/beta testing for almost every major release) so the first thing I do is switch MX mirror after installation.

What I do want is more fine-grained control over the Debian mirrors in Repo Manager. Right now it's just "press button to select fastest mirror" which doesn't work for me either. I have suggested that before - ie, just choose a few reliable mirrors in various continents, and lay them out like in the tab for MX mirrors.

[lacroix]

Well, by trial and error, I chose one in Germany, after which I was able to reload the sources in Synaptic. But, how do I now get a current, new version of digikam?! Because in Synaptic I still see the old, already installed 4:5.9.0-2!
Currently digiKam 7.1.0 is already released! And I want to have that!
How can I paste this into Synaptic and install it there? Or how else?

[MXMateng]

Hi,

here my 2cent ...
After also some time looking at repo installations for digiKam, I decided to use the appimage delivered via the digikam homepage for the most recent version.
This works for me without any further issues ...

--> https://www.digikam.org/download/

[lacroix]

Thanks for the answer. I have also already loaded, but I do not manage the installation. How to install it? I could only mark it:
"File may be started as a program"
Or is this just an executable and can not be installed at all?

Edit:Now I have this:

viewtopic.php?t=41395

found. It says I should backup the digikam database before trying the appimage.

This results in a new problem!
I have not yet installed digikam in this, newly set up system, dabb I have installed the version, 5.9 from synaptic. But during the setup there was a message that the database was created with a newer version than the current one. True also, I had one in the previous MX installation. Do not remember which one, but I do not know where digikam could even finsen the old database! I did move my hone directory to an extra hard drive and linked it, but only the directories pictures, documents, downloads, music, videos, public and templates! Where digikam find the old database? And, more importantly, how do I find the, to back up!?

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[MXMateng]

Or is this just an executable and can not be installed at all?

Edit:Now I have this:

viewtopic.php?t=41395

found. It says I should backup the digikam database before trying the appimage.

No glue about the database issues. If you have nothing already done with digiKam, why backup database? So I would just give it a try.

Regarding installation: As I know it is just about making the appimage File executable .. and execute it (see: https://appimage.org/ )
I have a directory in my home, to which I copied the (few) appimages I run on my system ...

[lacroix]

I dared. It worked. I only had to update the database with the new images that have been added since then. How that was done, I have no idea.
Anyway, thanks for the help and encouragement.