1. I installed Picasa as usual (v2.2 for linux)
2. I started it up and scanned some folder containing photos
3. Shut down picasa AND the media detector
4. Instlled wine (apt-get install wine)
5. Downloaded picasa 2.5 for windows (wget
http://dl.google.com/picasa/picasaweb-current-setup.exe)
6. Installed it using wine (wine picasaweb-current-setup.exe)
7. When asked if I want to run Picasa, I did so, then I shut down
picasa AND the media detector (if running)
7. Moved the old picasa installation (as root):
cd /opt/picasa/wine/drive_c/Program Files
mv Picasa2 Picasa22
8. While in the same dir i copied the new installed Picasa 2.5:
cp -R home/USERNAME/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Picasa2/ .
8. Then it just worked... Good luck!
I had big troubles getting the start up logo disappearing, this is why
some steps are kind of awkward.
I had to do this since 2.2 was freezing randomly on my system (FC5),
I'll see how this version does now.
Thanks for the help!
Thanks again for the tips to make it work!
Any suggestions?
I got two thinks:
- The originally dirver crashed when I wanted to access SATA drives. I
think installing the module 'ntfs-3g' has solved this
- In Ubuntu's repositories, not the newest version of Wine is included.
Add this to your lists of repositories:
deb http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt edgy main
and update wine before you're going to install the new Picasa.
Hopefully, it will work now (this fixed my installation).
Neat! I just followed these steps and quickly got the latest version
running. About Picasa tells me I now have:
Picasa Version 2.6.0 (Build 35.9700,0) for Linux
I find that last part - "for Linux" - interesting.
It performs a rescan and database update after upgrade....it will
eventually settle down and performance should be the same as older
release....or it at least it was for me and I'm only using PIII
Celeron 800Mhz w/ 512Mb. I upgraded to 2.6 release...
The integration with Firefox still needs to extend to the Web Albums
though. When I try to go to my Web Album by clicking something in
Picasa, nothing happens. Links on the Help menu still work.
Thanks for the HOWTO,
- rmjb
I have installed as per the instructions above, Picasa fires up and
works fine and I am able to use the Web Albums functionality. The
problem is adding existing folders to Picasa - I have used folder
manager and selected the parent folder. The photos found in the root of
that folder are added but none of the photos from the recursed sub
directories are being seen.
I have my photos stored in the following:
/home/<USERNAME>/photos/
Can anyone offer some advice please?
If you suffer the same problem, go into the Tools->Preferences and
ensure that you set the location for your imported photos to be your
existing collection. For some reason it wouldn't pick up my photos
until I had done this...
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Jono
The current Picasa for Windows has a few code changes to
benefit Picasa for Linux. The ISO creation fallback is one of
them. Enjoy!
- Dan
All was well, I allowed Picasa to run, then I shut it down.
I followed steps 7 and 8.
However, when I start Picasa, the logo screen just comes up and does
not change.
Sounds like I have the problem you thought you fixed.
How do I fix it? After all, it DID start up in set 6
Best Regards, Ted
I have to start Picasa from a new Wine menu in my applications bar.
Sorry for the trouble.
Best Regards, Ted
Best Regards, Mikko