Quick Navigation
- Introduction
- Install External Dependencies
- Checkout the digiKam Source Code from Git
- Configure with Cmake
- Compile and Install digiKam
- Conclusion
Tutorial Skill Level: ADVANCED
Introduction
This guide explains how to compile and install digiKam directly from the Git master repository. Follow these steps to get the latest development version up and running on your Linux system.
Install External Dependencies
Before compiling digiKam, you need to install all required tools and libraries. The full list of mandatory X and optional external dependencies required to compile and link digiKam source code is listed below. Qt:: is for the Qt framework modules and KF:: for the KDE framework modules. N/A: not applicable.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.digikam.org/download/git/