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Darktable 5.4.1 won't install on Windows 11
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Description
Is there an existing issue for this?
- I checked and did not find my issue in the already reported ones
Describe the bug
When I try to install Darktable 5.4.1, I get the following error: darktable Setup
Error opening file for writing:
C:\Program Files\darktable\bin\gdbus.exe
Click Abort to stop the installation,
Retry to try again, or
Ignore to skip this file.
Abort Retry Ignore
Steps to reproduce
Double click on "darktable-5.4.1-win64"
Also tried running as Administrator, same error
Expected behavior
Darktable should install
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Commit
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Where did you obtain darktable from?
darktable.org / GitHub release
darktable version
5.4.1
What OS are you using?
Windows
What is the version of your OS?
Windows 11 Home on ASUS ProArt laptop
Describe your system
None that I can think of.
Are you using OpenCL GPU in darktable?
None
If yes, what is the GPU card and driver?
AMD Radeon 890M graphics, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060,32GB Ram
Please provide additional context if applicable. You can attach files too, but might need to rename to .txt or .zip
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First steps
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the failure on Windows 11 with the darktable-5.4.1-win64 installer and inspect how the release installer handles C:\Program Files\darktable\bin\gdbus.exe. Done means the 5.4.1 installer completes without the file-writing error.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- operating-systems, release
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100