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| author | Julien Valroff <julien@kirya.net> | 2010-07-03 16:56:43 +0200 |
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| committer | Julien Valroff <julien@kirya.net> | 2010-07-03 16:56:43 +0200 |
| commit | 1de9270ded0db955e309a21b8abc8981237fbc52 (patch) | |
| tree | f5b7126171b4d263ea493bff9158758ea36d1047 /rapid/INSTALL | |
| parent | f49f82b74596eda33ee5e2fc14e51fd67351b9ec (diff) | |
Imported Upstream version 0.2.3upstream/0.2.3
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diff --git a/rapid/INSTALL b/rapid/INSTALL index 359b265..144568d 100644 --- a/rapid/INSTALL +++ b/rapid/INSTALL @@ -10,23 +10,28 @@ Rapid Photo Downloader depends on the following software: - libexiv2 0.15 or higher - pyexiv2 0.1.1 or higher +To run Rapid Photo Downloader you will need all the software mentioned above. -To run Rapid Photo Downloader you will need all the software mentioned above. If -you want to download videos, you can install: +A recommended package is exiv2 (not just the library libexiv2), so Rapid Photo +Downloader can determine if it can download additional types of RAW files +(some early versions of exiv2 and pyexiv2 segfault on certain RAW file types). + +If you want to download videos, you can install: - python-kaa-metadata - ffmpegthumbnailer kaa metadata is required to download videos. ffmpegthumbnailer is used only to -display thumbnail images as the download occurs. +display thumbnail images as the download occurs. This is a useful feature, and +if you can install it, it is recommended. kaa metadata and ffmpegthumbnailer are optional. The program will run without them. To start from a fairly basic system, I suggest the following: -1. Install the required gnome packages from your linux distribution's package - repositories. On a recent linux distribution, expect all to be available for +1. Install the required gnome packages from your Linux distribution's package + repositories. On a recent Linux distribution, expect all to be available for easy download and installation. If you already use gnome, most of the packages will already be installed. Do confirm that python-gconf, python-glade2, and gnome-python are installed, because they |