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ExifTool => Install Problems => Topic started by: MrVideo on November 03, 2021, 06:50:59 AM

Title: exiftool will not run under linux - sortof
Post by: MrVideo on November 03, 2021, 06:50:59 AM
I installed version 12.34, previous version 11.86. Installed location: /usr/local/src/Image-ExifTool-12.34

If I am in the installed directory, exiftool will indeed run.

But, I have the following configured in /usr/local/bin:
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root  root        44 Nov  3 04:53 exiftool -> /usr/local/src/Image-ExifTool-12.34/exiftool

Under version 11.86 the path where exiftool is started was found. But, I noticed that how the start path is now detected is different, breaking the ability to find the starting path the way I have it linked. When I change the two lines at the beginning that deal with $exeDir, back to v11.86, the program works.

Leave it me to install this way, such that exiftool doesn't detect the path.  I do this for a bunch of programs and, so far, this is the only one that doesn't like it.
Title: Re: exiftool will not run under linux - sortof
Post by: Phil Harvey on November 03, 2021, 08:04:52 AM
Wow.  This is a bit of a faux pas.  Thanks for reporting this.  It will be fixed in 12.35

- Phil
Title: Re: exiftool will not run under linux - sortof
Post by: MrVideo on November 03, 2021, 10:25:56 AM
Thanks

Does this mean that not finding the .ExifTool.cofig file will get fixed as well?
Title: Re: exiftool will not run under linux - sortof
Post by: Phil Harvey on November 03, 2021, 01:01:10 PM
I just tested this, and the new version will find the config file in the directory of the link target.

- Phil
Title: Re: exiftool will not run under linux - sortof
Post by: MrVideo on November 03, 2021, 05:41:28 PM
Thanks.