Download

Before you can use digiKam, you must first download and install it. There are three ways to do that:

• Use a package provided by your distribution
  This is the preferred way. It is easy and stable, but it might be a version which is somewhat older.

• Compile a tarball which we provide
  This is a bit more complicated, but you can install the most recent stable version.

• Compile the KDE4 latest versions (svn repository) where we currently work in.
  This is even more complicated, but as recent as it gets. This is needed when you want to help us to find bugs or help us develop. Old KDE3 code is there but it's not maintenend anymore.

• Compile the KDE4 latest versions (svn repository) alongside your stable version without touching distro packages.
  This is mostly the same than the above one, but let you use the svn-version with a different database parallel to your stable environment.

You can choose the one which fits you best. We provide detailed instructions for each of them.

Note: check the dependencies before trying to compile digiKam.