Hi Pierre, On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 12:31:41PM -0400, Phil Harvey wrote: > > From: Pierre AUSSAGUEL <pierre_aussag...@yahoo.fr> > > Subject: Re: Bug#932210: libimage-exiftool-perl: Exiftool does not start > > Date: July 16, 2019 at 12:26:43 PM EDT > > To: Phil Harvey <p...@owl.phy.queensu.ca> > > > > Le 16/07/2019 à 18:14, Phil Harvey a écrit : > >> Somehow you've got a very old version (9.76) in /usr/local/bin > >> This explains the problem. Delete this old version and replace it with > >> the most current one (if it doesn't already exist somewhere else in the > >> path). > > > > # rm /usr/local/bin/exiftool > > # apt reinstall libimage-exiftool-perl > > # exiftool -v > > bash: /usr/local/bin/exiftool: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type > > > > I dont understand ... isn't libimage-exiftool-perl supposed to provide the > > file ? > > > > I solved the problem by placing a symlink in /usr/local/bin from > > /usr/bin/exiftool > > > > Thank for your help > > > > I think the package should be modified to remove the old file and make the > > symlink or any other better solution.
This is actually not needed that you create a symlink. /usr/bin/exiftool is provided by the package. But you previously invoked in the sheell having probably a preference of /usr/local/bin before /usr/bin. I guess after removing the file you did not invoked hash -r in bash to forget the remembered locations of a command? (see hash under SHELL BUILTIN COMMANDS in bash(1)). Regards, Salvatore
