Newer f-spot for those who might be interested...

[Brian Puccio]

I've found a pretty easy way to get a later version of f-spot running
without any trouble, 0.0.5 to be specific.  This is where I found the
RPM:

http://dag.wieers.com/packages/f-spot/

When I installed 0.0.3 from Debian unstable, I ran into a bunch of
errors and it flat out didn't work.  I was previously running 0.0.2 from
universe and that worked fine, I removed it, but not my data before
trying newer versions.

Anyhow, here's what I did:


> brian at alpha ~ $ cd /root/
> brian at alpha /root $ sudo wget
> http://dag.wieers.com/packages/f-spot/f-spot-0.0.5-1.1.fc2.rf.i386.rpm
> Password:
> --19:53:30--
> http://dag.wieers.com/packages/f-spot/f-spot-0.0.5-1.1.fc2.rf.i386.rpm
>            => `f-spot-0.0.5-1.1.fc2.rf.i386.rpm'
> Resolving dag.wieers.com... 212.204.244.42
> Connecting to dag.wieers.com[212.204.244.42]:80... connected.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
> Location:
> http://apt.sw.be/packages/f-spot/f-spot-0.0.5-1.1.fc2.rf.i386.rpm
> [following]
> --19:53:30--
> http://apt.sw.be/packages/f-spot/f-spot-0.0.5-1.1.fc2.rf.i386.rpm
>            => `f-spot-0.0.5-1.1.fc2.rf.i386.rpm'
> Resolving apt.sw.be... 193.1.219.82
> Connecting to apt.sw.be[193.1.219.82]:80... connected.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
> Length: 406,149 [application/x-redhat-package-manager]
> 
> 100%[====================================>] 406,149      235.38K/s
> 
> 19:53:33 (234.77 KB/s) - `f-spot-0.0.5-1.1.fc2.rf.i386.rpm' saved
> [406149/406149]
> 
> brian at alpha /root $ sudo alien f-spot-0.0.5-1.1.fc2.rf.i386.rpm
> f-spot_0.0.5-2.1_i386.deb generated
> brian at alpha /root $ sudo dpkg -i f-spot_0.0.5-2.1_i386.deb
> (Reading database ... 70913 files and directories currently
> installed.)
> Preparing to replace f-spot 0.0.2-1 (using
> f-spot_0.0.5-2.1_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement f-spot ...
> dpkg: warning - unable to delete old file
> `/etc/mono/assemblies/Mono.Data.SqliteClient': Directory not empty
> dpkg: warning - unable to delete old file `/etc/mono/assemblies':
> Directory not empty
> Setting up f-spot (0.0.5-2.1) ...
> 
> brian at alpha /root $

It works fine, even loaded my data that was there from 0.0.2 without
complaining.  It did not add an entry in the menu, which is really
nothing to worry about.

Also of note, 0.0.6 was released today:

http://primates.ximian.com/~lewing/blog/archives/000022.html

Haven't tried it out, but it looks to be getting better and better.

I've noticed the readme warms of schema changes, has anyone had an issue
where they had to recreate their database of photos?

Also, I read on the lists that Mono was (might be?) in the cards for
Hoary, any versions known yet?


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