rkonrad:$ locate libavcodec
/usr/include/libavcodec
/usr/include/libavcodec/vdpau.h
/usr/include/libavcodec/avfft.h
/usr/include/libavcodec/avcodec.h
/usr/include/libavcodec/xvmc.h
/usr/include/libavcodec/opt.h
/usr/include/libavcodec/version.h
/usr/include/libavcodec/vda.h
/usr/include/libavcodec/dxva2.h
/usr/include/libavcodec/vaapi.h
/usr/lib/libavcodec.so
/usr/lib/libavcodec.so.53
/usr/lib/libavcodec.so.53.60.100
/usr/lib/libavcodec.a
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libavcodec.pc
/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/codec/libavcodec_plugin.la
/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/codec/libavcodec_plugin.so
/usr/lib/libavcodec.so.52
This is what I get running the command locate libavcodec. the "libavcodec.so.52 is a soft link to 53. After creating this link and now when I run digikam from the terminal I get:
rkonrad:$ digikam
digikam: error while loading shared libraries: libavformat.so.52: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory.