QMYSQL "Driver not loaded Driver not loaded"

[Alex Peters]

Steps to reproduce:

1. Install digiKam and proceed through the first-run wizard.
2. Enter digiKam configuration, and enter MySQL database connection details.
3. Press "Check DB Connection."

Expected result:

digiKam attempts to connect to the specified database.

Actual result:

"Database connection test was not successful. Error was: Driver not loaded Driver not loaded"

Running from the terminal, the following messages are output when the button is pressed:

QSqlDatabase: QMYSQL driver not loaded
QSqlDatabase: available drivers: QSQLITE

I was able to fix this problem by installing package "libqt4-sql-mysql" and restarting digiKam. Possibly this package should be considered a dependency, or at least a recommendation, or perhaps digiKam could indicate which package needs to be installed in this situation.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: digikam 4:3.4.0-1ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-15.23-generic 3.11.10
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Jan 18 20:08:19 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-12-24 (25 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: digikam
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Harald Sitter (apachelogger)]

Hi there!

Thanks for reporting this bug! Your bug seems to be a problem with the KDE program itself, and not with our KDE packages. While we appreciate your issue, it would be better if it was tracked at https://bugs.kde.org, so that the KDE developers can deal with this speedily and have direct communication with you as the reporter for more effective debugging.

Thanks!

[Harald Sitter (apachelogger)]

(Point being that digikam should not offer this option unless the qmysql backend actually is available).

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package digikam - 4:3.5.0-0ubuntu6

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digikam (4:3.5.0-0ubuntu6) trusty; urgency=low

  * Digikam suggests libqt4-sql-mysql (this has no actual user facing impact
    even though it is the correct relationship packaging-wise) LP: #1270389
 -- Harald Sitter <email address hidden> Mon, 20 Jan 2014 11:03:44 +0100

[Paillomams (aymeric-pallottini)]

Same issue is present with Ubuntu 18.04.

Package libqt5sql5-mysql needs to be installed.