[SOLVED] Picasa on Karmic -- read below

[kubobbu]

Just downloaded Kubuntu Karmic, and in general I'm pleased. However, must have Picasa will not work. I downloaded it from Picasa, and it installed. Then I downloaded Wine (not sure if I needed that or if it was also included in Picasa download) but the program will not run.

When I click on the Picasa name, the loading symbol rotates on my desktop for a few moments, and then disappears.

Sadly enough, no Picasa, no Linux for me. I know there are other programs, but none of them seem to feature an upload to online printing, and that's the feature I need the most.

DigiKam looks great, but does not seem to have the upload feature I need. If there's a plug-in for that I missed, that could be my answer.

Help anyone
Bob

[vinnywright]

Re: Picasa on Karmic

perhaps..........a search in synaptic turned this up

image manipulation/handling plugins for KIPI aware programs

KIPI plugins (KDE Image Plugin Interface) is an effort to develop a
common plugin structure for Digikam, KPhotoAlbum (formerly known as
KimDaBa), Showimg and Gwenview.
Its aim is to share image plugins among graphic applications.

Current plugins ported to Qt4/KDE4:

AcquireImages : acquire images using flat scanner
AdvancedSlideShow : Slide images with 2D and 3D effects using OpenGL
Calendar : create calendars
DngConverter : convert Raw Image to Digital NeGative
Facebook : import/export images to a remote Facebook web service
FlashExport : export images to Flash using SimpleViewer
FlickrExport : export images to a remote Flickr/23hq web service
GalleryExport : export images to a remote Gallery2 server
GPSSync : geolocalize pictures
HTMLExport : export images collections into a static XHTML
ImageViewer : preview images using OpenGL
JpegLossLess : rotate/flip images without losing quality
MetadataEdit : edit EXIF, IPTC and XMP metadata
PicasaWebExport : export images to a remote Picasa web service
PrintImages : print images in various format
RawConverter : convert Raw Image to JPEG/PNG/TIFF
RemoveRedEyes : remove red eyes on image automatically
SendImages : send images by e-mail
Smug : import/export images to a remote SmugMug web service
TimeAdjust : adjust date and time
IpodExport : export pictures to an Ipod device
BatchProcess : batch process images (convert, resize, rename, etc.)
KIOExport : export images to remote computer using network protocol
Shwup : export images to Shwup web service

Porting under progress to Qt4/KDE4:

WallPaper : set image as background on your desktop

Not yet ported to Qt4/KDE4:

CDArchiving : archive your image collections to a CD or DVD
MpegEncoder : create an MPEG slideshow with a set of images

it speeks of PicasaWebExport : export images to a remote Picasa web service ..............so mabe with digikam or KPhotoAlbum ??

VINNY

[tnorris]

Re: Picasa on Karmic

Did you try downloading Picasa for Linux here?: http://picasa.google.com/linux/

I've never tried it, but it should work. It shouldn't require Wine. You might try the FAQ: http://picasa.google.com/linux/faq.html or their forums for help as well: http://groups.google.com/group/Googl...or-Linux?pli=1

You might also try running Picasa from the console and seeing if you get any useful error messages.

Also, I've used Digikam w/ the Picasa upload plugin, and it works pretty well. There used to be a problem where it would crash every OTHER time you used it (literally), but I think that's resolved now.

[kubobbu]

Re: Picasa on Karmic

Thanks to both of you who commented already. My problem is not export to PicasWeb, but to an online printing service. Picasa does this automatically... none of the other linux photo software seems to do so.

I did download it from the Google Picasa site... that's the one that didn't work.

I'm going to go over to the Ubuntu forums and see if there's anything there.

Bob

[kubobbu]

Re: Picasa on Karmic [SOLVED!]

Thank G-d for these forums. My Picasa problem on Karmic has been solved by the following procedure which I found on the Ubuntu forum. Thanks to those who commented here, and to the fellow who figured this one out:


1. Completely uninstall picasa using Synaptic Package Manager.
2. In synaptic, go to settings->repositories-other software.
3. Uncheck the checkbox of deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ stable non-free
4. Click on Add and add this under the apt line: deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ testing non-free
5. Now go to edit->reload package information
6. Type Picasa in quick search, mark for installation and apply.
After the installation completes, I have a working Picasa just like how it was in Windows.

And I have a working version too....
Bob