picasa 3.5 on linux

[KWissing]

I just heard that Picasa 3.5 has been released with facial
recognition, and was about to get really excited about using it once I
get home from work this evening.

Unfortunately, I also just discovered that 3.5 has not been released
for Linux yet. Oh well, guess I don't get to play with the facial
recognition tonight like I had hoped.

[Charles Dyson]

There are rumours that they won't release it at all:

"Although Google released Picasa 3.0 for Linux, a company spokesperson
said that version 3.5 is only being released for Mac and Windows due
to low adoption of Picasa 3.0 among Linux users."
http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/google/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=220100440

Anyone able to confirm this? I suppose we could install it using wine
directly...

[Jonathan Kamens]

Maybe there would be more adoption of Picasa among Linux users is Google (a)
publicized it better and (b) supported it better.

Having said that, it would REALLY SUCK if Google stopped supporting Picasa
on Linux. It is, hands down, both the single best application I use on
Linux and the single best photo-management software I've used on any
platform.

Jonathan Kamens

[The Real Bev]

Jonathan Kamens wrote:

I have to agree. There are little annoyances, but it's still what I choose to
use. I thought Google was pro-linux. WTF?

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[Charles Dyson]

I agree with all of that. That said, this isn't a native port to Linux
- it's the Windows version shipped with Wine. If they stop supporting
it officially I suspect it won't be that hard to get it working with a
Wine installation, although I suspect there will be more integration
problems (Spotify on Wine refuses to talk to web browsers on my laptop
for some reason...) Forcing users to do that will certainly not help
the adoption on Linux though!

I can't use Picasa at the moment anyway as they haven't added support
for 500D raw files - fingers crossed they've added it for the Windows
version!

On Sep 22, 11:27 pm, "Jonathan Kamens" <j...@kamens.brookline.ma.us>
wrote:

[Marc McKechnie]

Maybe there is a low adoption because it is not running native on Linux. I was going to use it on my mac and was so excited to hear it was released for OSX until I found out it was Intel macs only :(

[gbcox]

My understanding is that the Linux version is just the Windows version
bundled with wine. I never wanted to have two different instances of
wine on my machine so I have always just run the windows version under
wine. I would bet that I am not the only one who does this. I hope
that the Google folks aren't assuming that just because people aren't
downloading the Linux (windows version bundled with wine) version that
people aren't running Picasa under Linux. Google should continue
releasing the bundled version however cause changes in wine sometimes
temporarily affect Picasa.

On Sep 22, 4:29 pm, Marc McKechnie <marc.mckech...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Maybe there is a low adoption because it is not running native on Linux. I
> was going to use it on my mac and was so excited to hear it was released for
> OSX until I found out it was Intel macs only :(
>

> On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Charles Dyson <cdyso...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > There are rumours that they won't release it at all:
>
> > "Although Google released Picasa 3.0 for Linux, a company spokesperson
> > said that version 3.5 is only being released for Mac and Windows due
> > to low adoption of Picasa 3.0 among Linux users."
>

> >http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/google/showArticle.jhtml...

[The Real Bev]

gbcox wrote:

> My understanding is that the Linux version is just the Windows version
> bundled with wine. I never wanted to have two different instances of
> wine on my machine so I have always just run the windows version under
> wine. I would bet that I am not the only one who does this. I hope
> that the Google folks aren't assuming that just because people aren't
> downloading the Linux (windows version bundled with wine) version that
> people aren't running Picasa under Linux. Google should continue
> releasing the bundled version however cause changes in wine sometimes
> temporarily affect Picasa.

Are there instructions for doing this somewhere? I don't use wine for anything
else and probably only have whatever came with picasa and/or google earth.

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[DMIZE]

I agree too, I use it as my media manager in linux. It works better
for me than anything native. It would be nice if companies would stop
saying they are pro-linux and start fully supporting linux! I've
always felt it shouldn't take long at all to get the linux release
together when they release a new windows version, but somehow it just
doesn't happen. Come on google, help us out, not all linux users are
hardcore open source only types, support the rest of us google.

[David]

Yes, please:

"""Come on google, help us"""

Linux users need too the last versions of picasa, PLEASE.

Saludos
David
davi...@gmail.com
http://www.afotamos.com

2009/9/23 DMIZE <dan....@gmail.com>

[igstef]

Under Kubuntu 9.04 ...

Download the Win version 3.5 and install under wine. Then copy
installed Picasa 3.5 from /home/igst/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/
Google/Picasa3 to /opt/google/picasa/3.0/wine/drive_c/Program Files/
Google/Picasa3 directory.

So far runs ok for me, now scanning faces, other things seem to work.

Igor

[kb8cne]

I also thought that *everybody* including me was starting to catch on
to the fact that Google's Picasa is the only way to organize your
family photos... Windows, Mac *or* Linux.... I have been migrating my
operations to Linux over the past 6 months and am at the point where I
need Windows for only one thing: iTunes. (Too bad I don't have a
copy of iTunes 8, because that apparently runs pretty well under
WINE. )

Wonder if there is some other explanation?

It is such a joy to have Picasa scan my 500 Gb of external drive and
find and include all of the photos in my Timeline from the past 9
years of my life and make them easy to enjoy and share without some
Microsoft OS hiccup screwing up everything.


On Sep 22, 6:27 pm, "Jonathan Kamens" <j...@kamens.brookline.ma.us>
wrote:

[Janno Pugi]

YES! Me too!

J.

2009/9/23 David <davi...@gmail.com>

[d0od]

What would be even better is if they open-sourced Picasa like they
have with Chrome. That way if Google can't find the time or developers
to port it to Linux, the rest of the world can!

[David Picella]

I agree about native support for linux.  In the mean time, you might want to take a look at this link:

http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=2483740875&topic=6783

to install the wine .exe version.  One of the problems with the linux bundle resleased by Google has been that it runs on a stipped down version of wine and it is missing some of the libraries needed to correctly post your pictures to the internet using services like facebook.  The link above will show you how to remedy that, but again you will need the .exe version over a full version of wine.

The solution for facebook and other users is in post #22 by Johan Nidelius.  You might also want to take a look at some of the ideas posted afterward as well.

--
David

[Heimen Stoffels]

I would also like to see the new version of Picasa released for Linux.
I use it very much and it works good. I would love to use the new
version of Linux :) Sure, I also want it to be more native. But even
without fully native support, it works quite good.

[Magnes]

So what? There won't be Picasa on Chrome OS?

[R]

I use Google Earth and Google Chrome in Linux, also i have installed
Picasa 3 beta for Linux.

I hope Google release Picasa 3.5 for Linux.

[graemev]

I wonder how they know how many users?
I download a single copy then install it on lots of machines... on
windowboxes I suspect
people need to download it dozens of times to cope with the re-
installs (crash, blue screen, virus or whatever) .... of course I
have it on one or two windowboxes .... but if I can't get it on all
platforms
then it's no use on any

[jimmysparkle]

Google can't stop supporting linux - they are/were setting the
standard to other companies!!!

I've paid for the storage upgrade for picasa and if they stop
supporting linux then I'll be forced to find another solution for my
photo management (ubuntu one & fspot?).

Google - PLEASE don't stop supporting us!!! >_<

[mhenriday]

Let me add my voice to those calling for Google to release Picasa 3.5
for Linux. I have no problem with Google' strategy of first releasing
Window's versions of its products - that, to my mind, is an inevitable
resultat of the current market situation on the desktop - but to
abandon us Linux users entirely would be an example of that type of
measure about which it is said «c'est pire qu'un crime, c'est une
faute»....

Henri

[kellemes]

For the first time in many years I have no choice but to find some
other solution for photo-management, and photo sharing with family and
friends. For all those years Picasa worked fine om my Linux-box, never
found something better for my needs.
Google -1

[Patrick Shanahan]

* kellemes <bord...@gmail.com> [09-24-09 14:41]:

I find it abhorrent that google would drop linux support, but not the end
of the world. After all, linux began without support from anyone
outside. As far as picasa goes, I ran the windoz package with my system
wine before there were linux packages (which really only amount to
adjustments to make operation under wine better) and now run 3.5 under my
system wine.

wine /<location>/picasa35-setup.exe

I even got a desktop icon to initiate picasa which I immediately removed.

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[R]

I follow these instructions to install picasa 3.5 in Linux :
http://d0od.blogspot.com/2009/09/picasa-35-linux-install.html

Please Google make a Linux version of Picasa 3.5.

[piè]

Please google, make picasa 3.5 also for Linux.

Pie'

[David]

Please google, make picasa 3.5 also for Linux.

+1

Saludos
David
http://www.afotamos.com

2009/9/25 piè <pietro.b...@gmail.com>

[Heimen Stoffels]

Yes, I also vote for a Linux version of Picasa 3.5 again. Please
Google, make a Linux version of Picasa 3.5

[spookypeanut]

I've paid for extra web storage, but if they don't keep making Picasa
for linux, they're going to lose me to flickr I'm afraid...

[Kayvee]

I too vote for a Linux version of Picasa 3.5
I have been using Picasa 3 Beta for sometime now and I really like it.

[Enzo]

I'd really miss my picasa on my linux OS...

Enzo

On 26 Sep., 09:08, David <david1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Please google, make picasa 3.5 also for Linux.
>
> +1
>
> Saludos
> Davidhttp://www.afotamos.com
>

> 2009/9/25 piè <pietro.bonacco...@gmail.com>

[Koen De Jaeger]

It would be easier to "adopt" if I don't have to dual boot anymore to
use the latest version in winblows ... . No wonder windows is more
popular if the version is more recent!

On Sep 23, 12:21 am, Charles Dyson <cdyso...@gmail.com> wrote:
> There are rumours that they won't release it at all:
>
> "Although Google released Picasa 3.0 for Linux, a company spokesperson
> said that version 3.5 is only being released for Mac and Windows due
> to low adoption of Picasa 3.0 among Linux users."http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/google/showArticle.jhtml...
>
> Anyone able to confirm this? I suppose we could install it using wine
> directly...
>

[DMIZE]

Thanks David, that works for me, now I just have to go and tag all the
faces. Only 3500 more to go...

On Sep 23, 9:30 am, David Picella <dpice...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I agree about native support for linux.  In the mean time, you might want to
> take a look at this link:
>
> http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=2483740875&topic=6783
>
> to install the wine .exe version.  One of the problems with the linux bundle
> resleased by Google has been that it runs on a stipped down version of wine
> and it is missing some of the libraries needed to correctly post your
> pictures to the internet using services like facebook.  The link above will
> show you how to remedy that, but again you will need the .exe version over a
> full version of wine.
>
> The solution for facebook and other users is in post #22 by Johan Nidelius.
> You might also want to take a look at some of the ideas posted afterward as
> well.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 4:18 AM, David <david1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Yes, please:
>
> > """Come on google, help us"""
>
> > Linux users need too the last versions of picasa, PLEASE.
>
> > Saludos
> > David

> > david1...@gmail.com
> >http://www.afotamos.com
>
> > 2009/9/23 DMIZE <dan.m...@gmail.com>

[Paul Webster]

Is anyone else who did the wine install of the windows version of 3.5
having a problem when clicking on "Places"?

In the version swapped into the packaged installed version of 3.0 it
hangs altogether, while running from the system version of wine I get
a pop-up saying:

--------------------------------
Wine Internet Explorer
--------------------------------
/!\ This web site needs a different Google Maps API key. A new key can
be
generated at http://code.google.com/apis/maps/.

[mhenriday]

Paul, after downloading the Windows version of Picasa 3.5 and
extracting it to my .wine folder, I found that I could start it via «/
home/[my user name]/.wine/drive_c/ProgramFiles/Google/Picasa3/
Picasa3.exe», in this way preserving 3.1 (in Swedish, which I access
via «/opt/google/picasa/3.0/bin/picasa») on my 64-bit Ubuntu Jaunty
setup, while also being able to access 3.5 (in English). What do you
see when you click «.wine» → «drive_c» → «Program Files» → «Google» in
your home directory ?...

Henri

[rubax]

I can confirm I get the same Google Maps API key error as Paul
describes with the wine install of Picasa 3.5.
Picasa stays fully responsive, but the places side panel is just
blank :-(

I previously tried to overwrite the linux install of 3.0 with 3.5,
which works great as well except for the places side panel. In this
case it freezes and I have to kill it.

I can mention that my ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Google/ folder
contains the two folders Common and Picasa3 and nothing else.

- Ege

On Sep 30, 8:15 pm, mhenriday <mhenri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Paul, after downloading the Windows version of Picasa 3.5 and
> extracting it to my .wine folder, I found that I could start it via «/
> home/[my user name]/.wine/drive_c/ProgramFiles/Google/Picasa3/

> Picasa3.exe», in this way preserving 3.1 (inSwedish, which I access

[Eugene]

i agree that linux needs a native linux application and not just the
wn version under wine.

This is the main reason for me not to use picasa at all and secondly
unicode support (i know wine can handle unicode but why should i get
into trouble since google does not).

[gummih]

I neeeeeed Picasa 3.5 on my linux

Please someone who is reading this!
MAke it so! :)

[T_W]

Wait.. when did Picasa 3.0 for Linux come out of beta?

How can you cite low adoption of a beta version?

Anyone who set up there package manager would have no knowledge that a
new version was available.

[Paul Webster]

Hi Henri,

I have the 3.5 version that was installed via wine in the following
folder:

/home/paulw/.wine/drive_c/ProgramFiles/Google/Picasa3/

I also have the original 3.0 version that was installed via the
package along side a copy of the 3.5 in the following folder, with a
symlink in place to preserve desktop menu paths:

/opt/google/picasa/3.0/wine/drive_c/ProgramFiles/Google/Picasa3/ ->
Picasa3.5/
/opt/google/picasa/3.0/wine/drive_c/ProgramFiles/Google/Picasa3.0/
/opt/google/picasa/3.0/wine/drive_c/ProgramFiles/Google/Picasa3.5/

Both copies of 3.5 exhibit the same behaviour when run either from the
desktop menu (the 3.5 install created an entry under Wine->Programs),
command line or nautilus: asking for a new Google Maps API key.

Don't get me wrong, it runs ok, just the map section stays blank. Did
some digging about and found some reference to an MSHTML frame
problem, so installed the "gecko" cab for both the system and local
google copies but it didn't seem to help anything.

[Paul Webster]

@rubax: I had to modify the user.reg file in ~/.google/picasa/3.0 and
delete a line before it stopped hanging after substituting it into the
system installed version.

From memory, it was the "active_metadata_tab" key under "[[Software\
\Google\\Picasa\\Picasa2\\Preferences]]", but don't quote me on that.
I can't find the original page and I'm drawing that from a file that
has been modified on my system.

[mbe57]

I had the same hang issue when just playing around with the tabs and
hit "Places" (not really interested in places, though). Suspected one
of the reg. files would help. TXs, Paul, for short-cutting my deeper
searching and giving the right hint. It works again. Here are the
details

Removing the reg key "active_metadata_tab" will take the tab view away
completely, but one can select e.g. "People" again - avoiding
"Places" ;-)

"active_metadata_tab"="thumbui/people_toggle" will shows the People
tab immediately when restarting Picasa.

[rickle]

I would really like picasa 3.5 on Linux.
Is there a site (besides here) where we should ask for it, that would
help google understand how many and how much we want it?

[R]

Any URL to make a formal request to Google to release Picasa 3.5 for
Linux?

[gummih]

Please Google, make a native build of Picasa for Linux
(I'm currently using picasa 3.5 through Wine and it so sloooow)

On Sep 26, 7:08 am, David <david1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Please google, make picasa 3.5 also for Linux.
>
> +1
>
> Saludos

> Davidhttp://www.afotamos.com
>
> 2009/9/25 piè <pietro.bonacco...@gmail.com>
>
>
>
>
>

[falsehope]

+1 for Picasa 3.5+ for Linux

[jimmysparkle]

In my opinion Google owes the Linux community continued support of
this service. They did after-all use the Linux kernel at the heart of
their new ChromeOS & Android operating systems.

Google please let us know where you stand on the Picasa & Linux
situation. I suggest you think long and hard about it as you will
loose a /lot/ of support if you turn your back on the Linux community.

I hate to say it but I feel like these are the first real signs that
Google is changing. No longer are they engineer-run, idealistic,
technology pioneers; they are becoming a pinstripe-suited money driven
corporation just like the competitors... I really hope the folks at
Google prove me wrong.

- Jimmy

[Raphael Clifford]

Does this long thread mean no one is having any luck getting picasa
3.5 to work in wine or in the stripped down wine that comes with
picasa 3.0 beta?

Raphael

2009/10/13 jimmysparkle <jim...@gmail.com>:

[jimmysparkle]

On Oct 13, 11:04 am, Raphael Clifford <drr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Does this long thread mean no one is having any luck getting picasa
> 3.5 to work in wine or in the stripped down wine that comes with
> picasa 3.0 beta?

As far as I'm aware most/all of 3.5 works if you run it under wine.
The reason this thread is so long is people don't want to have to rely
on wine to make it work, people want google to spend the extra effort
to make sure it will work. What if picasa 4.0 doesn't work at all
under wine? then what?

Google/Picasa should continue to support Linux.

[Patrice ARNAL]

jimmysparkle a écrit :

I completely agree and it's a long time I wait for a NATIVE linux Picasa...

[The Real Bev]

jimmysparkle wrote:

Then I'll keep using the 3.0 that I already have. I installed 3.5 on my
windows machine and saw no reason to make any effort at all to get it to run in
linux. Real shame. Being able to choose non-gray fonts might be a reason to
go to the trouble, but that didn't appear to be one of the new features.

I already know who the people are in my photographs; I don't need picasa to
tell me. A little more attention to GUI customization would be appreciated,
though.

> Google/Picasa should continue to support Linux.

Certainly.

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[Nicholas Merriman]

OH. MY. GOD.

why did I just spend hours trying to fix this when a simple google
search would have done the trick?

I figured there would be a registry key somewhere I could fiddle with,
but I couldn't find one that would apply. It turns out I had to import
the custom Google registry. Oh well, thanks anyways!

[mhenriday]

Google is your friend - at least when it comes to search and save for
not making Picasa 3.5 easily available to Linux users....

Henri

[Avi Schwartz]

Pointer please?

[David]

Maybe be should spread the word far and wide to have everyone install
Picasa, even if they don't use it. Install it and register it.

I installed Picasa 3.5 by using 7Zip to archive the Picasa3 folder on
a Windows machine (gasp!), and unarchived it into the Google directory
in Fedora, after renaming the existing Picasa3 directory. I then
painstakingly set the permissions to match the old installation, and
now it runs just fine. No need to install a copy of wine.

[The Real Bev]

David wrote:

Wouldn't the wine that already came with GEarth/Picasa do just as well? I used
it to run Notepad -- a relatively simple task -- and it worked OK.

--
Cheers, Bev
============================================
"People are too stupid to realize they are."
--JoHn DoH KeLm

[David]

What I meant to say was that I didn't need to install a separate copy
of Wine. I just copied the files into the already existing wine from
Picasa 3.0.

[Lawrence Yu]

Well, I saw the same favors like mine of the native one. I got happy for it. We won't be siezed by Apple or MS completely if Google could release the native version without the means of Win version plus WINE. But I doubt the reality in recent. I suspect the current progress of the SW implies the development of Chrome OS. CHROS might be in the final or semi-final testing and the native version would have been appeasing us as an additional surprise. Here we go and wait for the final. The negative effect is the comfortable Linux version wouldn't reach out to us in a short time.

 

2009/9/23 David Picella <dpic...@gmail.com>

I agree about native support for linux.  In the mean time, you might want to take a look at this link:

http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=2483740875&topic=6783

to install the wine .exe version.  One of the problems with the linux bundle resleased by Google has been that it runs on a stipped down version of wine and it is missing some of the libraries needed to correctly post your pictures to the internet using services like facebook.  The link above will show you how to remedy that, but again you will need the .exe version over a full version of wine.

The solution for facebook and other users is in post #22 by Johan Nidelius.  You might also want to take a look at some of the ideas posted afterward as well.

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 4:18 AM, David <davi...@gmail.com> wrote:

Yes, please:

"""Come on google, help us"""

Linux users need too the last versions of picasa, PLEASE.

Saludos
David

davi...@gmail.com
http://www.afotamos.com

2009/9/23 DMIZE <dan....@gmail.com>

I agree too, I use it as my media manager in linux.  It works better
for me than anything native.  It would be nice if companies would stop
saying they are pro-linux and start fully supporting linux!  I've
always felt it shouldn't take long at all to get the linux release
together when they release a new windows version, but somehow it just
doesn't happen. Come on google, help us out, not all linux users are

hardcore open source only types, support the rest of us google.

--

David

[Tim I]

Add me to the list of users requesting a Linux Picasa 3.5

[Ion Freeman]

Me, too!

[Chuq]

I don't know if this is going to help, but I'm adding my name to the
list of the "disappointed" :(

I just upgraded 3 machines at home to Ubuntu 9.10 last weekend as we
have got to the stage where there aren't any legacy apps holding us
back. Looks like I was wrong!

Time to try F-Spot? Although I was looking forward to the facial
recognition, perhaps I should try one of the dodgy hacks listed at
ubuntugeek or omgubuntu?

Isn't Google releasing their own Linux based OS soon? I would have
thought Picasa would be one of the 'must have' bundled apps that they
would want to run natively ..

Regards,

Charles

On Sep 26, 8:58 am, piè <pietro.bonacco...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Please google, make picasa 3.5 also for Linux.
>

> Pie'

[jcarmi]

+1 vote for Picasa 3.5 for Linux!

[KhaaL]

seriously, google sucks for ditching the linux crowd on 3.5...

[promeneur]

if this may help

1.
Linux Mandriva 2008.1
kde 3.5.9
digikam 0.9.6
picasa 3 for linux with ability to export movie (.mov) by this mean
http://wiki.winehq.org/picasa

i use digikam for managing my photos and movies (.mov)
i use picasa to export my photos and movies (.mov) to picasaweb

2.

linux mandriva 2010.0
kde 4.3.3
digikam 1.0.0b6
picasa 3 for linux

with digikam you can export .mov and .avi to picasaweb. picasa can't !
no more need to add yourself this feature to picasa 3 for linux

digikam picasaweb export has all the features but there is a limit :

- when you export photos with exif tags then tags are not exported
(don't confuse with legend no pb)

i don't understand because the exif tags are in the photo file

- when exporting a movie with geotag then geotag is not exported

- no sync mechanism
exporting a modified photo does not replace but adds as a new photo

3. i advise you to test digikam 1.0.0b6 and explore the numerous
features, import and export tools

digikam is a wonderful tool

digikam has raw support, ccms support, advanced features not in picasa
for the experts

if it is not sufficient for you to make slideshow or dvd with digikam
you have 2mandvd to make dvd and smile to make slideshow

digikam is supplied via kde 4 for windows and os/x
http://windows.kde.org/
http://mac.kde.org/


if linux picasa was well supported by google it would be a good linux
tool for majority wich is not an expert