PENTAX Digital Camera Utility 4 on Linux/Wine

Nanthiel · 09-08-2009, 03:30 PM

Hello everyone,

I hope this has not been posted before (searched, but did not find an entry about it).

I really like this program, I also like ver. 3 of it, but this one is much nicer. It seems to work alright on Wine but then just shuts down for no apparent reason.

Has anyone managed to get it working properly on Linux?

Thanks!

— Nanthiel

*rm2* · 09-10-2009, 05:31 AM

This was the latest discussion on this subject.

Pentax Photo Browser 3.61 under Wine

Nanthiel · 09-10-2009, 05:36 AM

Thank you! But I'm afraid it's no help. Apparently, noone has got the thing working yet. =/

*rm2* · 09-10-2009, 06:09 AM

I don't use Pentax software since I find digiKam vastly superior. But, I do run some other Windows programs under wine. Sometimes I have been able to work around some issues by going into the wine configurator and changing to a different version of Windows. For example, try Windows 2000 instead of XP.

But again, what does Pentax software have that digiKam doesn't?

Nanthiel · 09-10-2009, 06:48 AM

Pentax software has Pentax colours and tones. And Digikam is a bit slow in my opinion (compared to other open/free software). Also not fan of the interface. I'm settling between Raw Therapee and Rawstudio at the moment. Thinking of dcraw (pure, not uraw) aswell, in collaboration with GIMP... not sure yet.

Also, I've tried all wine version settings, doesn't seem to help. =/

*rm2* · 09-10-2009, 07:15 AM

Originally Posted by Nanthiel

Pentax software has Pentax colours and tones. And Digikam is a bit slow in my opinion (compared to other open/free software). Also not fan of the interface. I'm settling between Raw Therapee and Rawstudio at the moment. Thinking of dcraw (pure, not uraw) aswell, in collaboration with GIMP... not sure yet.

Also, I've tried all wine version settings, doesn't seem to help. =/

Have you tried the 1.0 betas? I am currently running 1.0.0-beta4 and it has no speed problems at all. Also, the interface was completely reworked from the old .9x versions. But, whatever works for you is what counts.

As far as getting Pentax software to work, maybe you can try some dll overrides. But, you are probably better off going to the wine forums first:

WineHQ Forums View Forum - Wine Users

Nanthiel · 09-10-2009, 07:31 AM

I have XP on the same disk on a different primary partition. Can I steal dlls from it, and which ones would I steal?

Edit: yes I've tried the betas. I mean I don't totally dislike the application, I just like Raw Therapee and Rawstudio (and dcraw+gimp) a lot more... but I think I like Pentax's Utility 4 -even more-. So that's why I want it to work. =)

*rm2* · 09-10-2009, 07:42 AM

Originally Posted by Nanthiel

I have XP on the same disk on a different primary partition. Can I steal dlls from it, and which ones would I steal?

I wouldn't use the word steal, since in your case it would be legal.

But to know which ones to use I would refer you again to the wine forums for guidance.

Nanthiel · 09-10-2009, 07:50 AM

Okays, thanks. *goes to Wine forums*