Picasa for linux

JohnnyF · #1 9th April 2012, 03:12 AM

Hi
I have tried to download Picasa through the terminal using a guide but it won't install. Have (supposedly) installed ie6 in the process, but can't find it! Any ideas for a fix?? Thanks..John Happy Easter!

Doug G · #2 9th April 2012, 03:14 AM

I tried picasa a couple years ago and as I recall Google had a repo so you could install using yum. I haven't used Picasa recently though.

Wayne · #3 9th April 2012, 03:17 AM

I always suggest digiKam over Picassa. Picassa for Linux is based on the Windows version and uses Wine libraries and some functions don't work.

JohnnyF · #4 9th April 2012, 03:33 AM

Thanks for the suggestions--perhaps I ought to try digikam as Picasa is obviously a pain for Linus users judging by the number of posts I read before I posted...

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Originally Posted by Wayne

I always suggest digiKam over Picassa. Picassa for Linux is based on the Windows version and uses Wine libraries and some functions don't work.

well that didn't work - had an error downloading and Add/Remove Software closed the download..reported files misssing. Is it worth trying again??

#5 9th April 2012, 03:53 AM

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Originally Posted by JohnnyF

Thanks for the suggestions--perhaps I ought to try digikam as Picasa is obviously a pain for Linus users judging by the number of posts I read before I posted...

---------- Post added at 12:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:26 PM ----------

well that didn't work - had an error downloading and Add/Remove Software closed the download..reported files misssing. Is it worth trying again??

download it by installing Yumex

JohnnyF · #6 9th April 2012, 04:13 AM

No, still the same error reproduced below...

ERROR: Error in yum Transaction : [u'ERROR with transaction check vs depsolve:', 'phonon = 4.4.3-2.fc13 is needed by (installed) phonon-backend-gstreamer-2:4.4.3-2.fc13.i686', u'Please report this error at http://yum.baseurl.org/report']

#7 9th April 2012, 04:26 AM

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Originally Posted by JohnnyF

No, still the same error reproduced below...

ERROR: Error in yum Transaction : [u'ERROR with transaction check vs depsolve:', 'phonon = 4.4.3-2.fc13 is needed by (installed) phonon-backend-gstreamer-2:4.4.3-2.fc13.i686', u'Please report this error at http://yum.baseurl.org/report']

so i take it you have Fedora13? did you realise that was EOL = End of Life. no more support.

JohnnyF · #8 9th April 2012, 04:58 AM

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Originally Posted by tox

so i take it you have Fedora13? did you realise that was EOL = End of Life. no more support.

no actually, I am using F16

#9 9th April 2012, 05:06 AM

if your running F16 you should have phonon-4.6.0-3 installed

and for this package Phonon-backend-gstreamer you should have phonon-backend-gstreamer-4.5.1-1.fc16.i686.rpm http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/se...submit=Search+...

i need a coffee. bbl

JohnnyF · #10 9th April 2012, 05:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tox

if your running F16 you should have phonon-4.6.0-3 installed

and for this package Phonon-backend-gstreamer you should have phonon-backend-gstreamer-4.5.1-1.fc16.i686.rpm http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/se...submit=Search+...

i need a coffee. bbl

Well done!! It worked!! How do you know all this stuff? OK finish your coffee....

Thanks to all for input.digiKam is now up and running...