Ubuntu – Install gphoto2 without libgphoto

gphoto2

I've been trying to install gphoto 2-2.5.20 and libgphoto2-2.5.22 but whenever i install gphoto it uses the older libgphoto2-2.5.12 which dosn't work with my camera(Olympus E-M1 Mark II) . Is there any good tutorial out there how to install everything properly ? cant find anything

Thanks for answers

Best Answer

According to NEWS file of libgphoto2 the support for your camera was added in version 2.5.19.

For Ubuntu this means that you need to have Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) or future 19.04 (disco). Both versions are non LTS.

So on Ubuntu LTS you need to compile gphoto2 and libgphoto2 by yourself.
Below is the method for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

  1. Enable Source Code repositories from Sofware & Updates (software-properties-gtk)

  2. Install build tools and build dependencies for gphoto packages:

    sudo apt-get install build-essential git devscripts
sudo apt-get build-dep libgphoto2-dev gphoto2

  3. Clone source code from Debian (we will get version 2.5.20-3 for both gphoto2 and libphoto2 for compatibility):

    cd ~/Downloads
git clone https://salsa.debian.org/debian-phototools-team/libgphoto2.git -b debian/2.5.20-3
cd libgphoto2
rm debian/source/format # disable 3.0 (quilt) format
dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us
sudo apt-get install ../libgphoto2*.deb

cd ~/Downloads
git clone https://salsa.debian.org/debian-phototools-team/gphoto2.git -b debian/2.5.20-3
cd gphoto2
rm debian/source/format # disable 3.0 (quilt) format
dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us
sudo apt-get install ../gphoto2*.deb

  4. Check that gphoto packages were installed (compare with output below):

    $ dpkg -l | grep gphoto
ii  gphoto2                     2.5.20-3         amd64        digital camera command-line client
ii  libgphoto2-6:amd64          2.5.20-3         amd64        gphoto2 digital camera library
ii  libgphoto2-dev:amd64        2.5.20-3         amd64        gphoto2 digital camera library (development files)
ii  libgphoto2-dev-doc          2.5.20-3         all          gphoto2 digital camera library (development documentation)
ii  libgphoto2-l10n             2.5.20-3         all          gphoto2 digital camera library - localized messages
ii  libgphoto2-port12:amd64     2.5.20-3         amd64        gphoto2 digital camera port library

$ gphoto2 --version
gphoto2 2.5.20

Copyright (c) 2000-2018 Lutz Mueller and others

gphoto2 comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. You may
redistribute copies of gphoto2 under the terms of the GNU General Public
License. For more information about these matters, see the files named COPYING.

This version of gphoto2 is using the following software versions and options:
gphoto2         2.5.20         gcc, popt(m), exif, cdk, aa, jpeg, readline
libgphoto2      2.5.20         all camlibs, gcc, ltdl, EXIF
libgphoto2_port 0.12.0         iolibs: disk ptpip serial usb1 usbdiskdirect usbscsi, gcc, ltdl, USB, serial without locking

I do not have any DSLR for test, but I hope this method will work.

Also note that many GUI applications use gphoto2 library as back-end to communicate the camera. You can try digiKam, DarkTable, Entangle. All they have packages in official Ubuntu repositories.

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