Does Kubuntu have a digital camera software??

[marciovinicius]

Hi, I'd like to know if kubuntu 9.04 has any program to download photos from my digital camera. I searched in the K menu and didn't find any. I plug my old Canon Powershot A400 and nothing happens. It used to work very well with ubuntu (Gnome).

How can I download my photos in Kubuntu? Should I install a program to do it? Which program?

[irlandes]

Re: Does Kubuntu have a digital camera software??

sudo apt-get install digikam

Should do it. No, it is not preinstalled.

[marciovinicius]

Re: Does Kubuntu have a digital camera software??

Thanks! I'll try it...

The worst part isn't that I have to install every program I need. The worst part is that I have to use the awful Kpackagekit to do it.
Back to Ubuntu asap.

[dibl]

Re: Does Kubuntu have a digital camera software??

How can I download my photos in Kubuntu? Should I install a program to do it? Which program?

Just get one of these:

http://www.sandisk.com/products/read...20-reader.aspx

Make your file folder and copy the photos with Dolphin.

[irlandes]

Re: Does Kubuntu have a digital camera software??

Thanks! I'll try it...

The worst part isn't that I have to install every program I need. The worst part is that I have to use the awful Kpackagekit to do it.
Back to Ubuntu asap.

You lost me there. I just showed you how to do it in apt-get. If you choose to use the GUI, that is okay, but it is optional.

I had big problems myself with 9.04, but in the end it was mostly a result of major changes, and no easy way to know about them.

[marciovinicius]

Re: Does Kubuntu have a digital camera software??

Just get one of these:

http://www.sandisk.com/products/read...20-reader.aspx

Make your file folder and copy the photos with Dolphin.

Thanks... but I don't know if I can find one of these here in Brazil for that price. Maybe I can find something similar...

[marciovinicius]

Re: Does Kubuntu have a digital camera software??

You lost me there. I just showed you how to do it in apt-get. If you choose to use the GUI, that is okay, but it is optional.

I know, i know, I'm just wondering if I had to do it all by myself... to search for a program and install it without coming to a forum... it would be much easier with another package software. If I tried to use apt-get I should know the name of the package to install it.

Your hint is very right, thanks. I just commented about to do the task by myself with no help.

[GreyGeek]

Re: Does Kubuntu have a digital camera software??

Thanks! I'll try it...

The worst part isn't that I have to install every program I need. The worst part is that I have to use the awful Kpackagekit to do it.
Back to Ubuntu asap.

Na, you don't want to go back to Ubuntu.

sudo apt-get install synaptic

Synaptic is a much easier and more powerful package manager, IMO. I think you will be well pleased with it. On aspect of it that I love is that under "File --> History" is a list of dates on which you installed or removed applications, and if you open up a specific date you'll see a list of applications you added or removed on that date. Very nice feature.

[The Liquidator]

Re: Does Kubuntu have a digital camera software??

You make a point about your camera not being detected. If it works in ubuntu it should do so in kubuntu, although I'm always perpared to be wrong

Try plugging your camera in and seeing if it is detected from within Digikam. It might be that your camera is set up to use PTP mode as opposed to being a USB bulk device.

Ian

[Snowhog]

Re: Does Kubuntu have a digital camera software??

Synaptic Package Manager is a good tool to have installed.

From the CLI however, you can search the package cache for packages matching a search term. From the CLI type man apt-cache to learn what you can do.

[GreyGeek]

Re: Does Kubuntu have a digital camera software??

Synaptic Package Manager is a good tool to have installed.

From the CLI however, you can search the package cache for packages matching a search term. From the CLI type man apt-cache to learn what you can do.

From the man:

SYNOPSIS
apt-cache [-hvsn] [-o=config string] [-c=file] {[add file...] | [gencaches] | [showpkg pkg...] | [showsrc pkg...] |
[stats] | [dump] | [dumpavail] | [unmet] | [search regex] | [show pkg...] | [depends pkg...] |
[rdepends pkg...] | [pkgnames prefix] | [dotty pkg...] | [xvcg pkg...] | [policy pkgs...] |
[madison pkgs...]}

That requires me to have two Konsoles open, one to do the command in and one to keep the man page handy when (not if) I forget the exact spelling, sequence or syntax of any particular part of the command I want to use. I tend to restrict my CLI work to locate, top, netstat, ifconfig, whois, ls, vdir, sudo apt-get and other SHORT, simple commands. Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most.

However, so far I haven't forgotten how to click!

[Snowhog]

Re: Does Kubuntu have a digital camera software??

Fully understand. Some find the CLI intimidating, others just can't do without it. Using or not using it is purely a matter of preference. I for one, use it fairly often.

As to using apt-cache search, and just to illustrate, one can enter on the CLI:

apt-cache search 'digital camera' | more

to get a paged list of all packages in the cache containing those two search words. It doesn't tell you what package you might be looking for, but if you see one (or more) that seem promising, then you can follow it up with:

apt-cache show package_name

to see the description of the package.