[mcdonje]

I'm on Debian, which is of course behind. I tried installing the flatpak, which is up to date, but the packager removed the AI parts. The only option I have (short of moving to Arch or similar) is AppImage, which doesn't integrate well with the DE.

I get being against AI, but Darktable is very responsible about it according to their release notes. Local only, opt-in only, no nagging. It's not like Adobe trying to push AI on you when you don't want it.

[doubletwoyou]

One way to get the AppImage to integrate better would be to install appimaged.

Another way to get the up-to-date version on Debian would be to use Nix (install nix, add the stable or unstable channel or whatnot, and make darktable installable)

[Groxx]

GearLever is handy too, though they seem moderately different in goals and I'm not familiar with the details

[everybodyknows]

I built from source, on Ubuntu. There are few rough edges -- look for hints on the pixls.us forum. And git-checkout at the release point for version 5.6, not TOT.

[roryirvine]

Have you tried Darktable's own Debian packages from the OpenSuSE Build Service: https://software.opensuse.org/download.html?project=graphics...