[gentoo-user] tif libraries being ignored

[Ted Miller <limaohio123-CompMailLists@yahoo.com>]

I am new to Gentoo (not new to Linux), and am trying to do a Gentoo 
install to handle my photo needs.  I have emerged cinepaint, gimp, 
hugin, KPhotoAlbum, Krita and ufraw (for starters).

Things work pretty well EXCEPT that the KDE based applications cannot 
handle *.tif files.  I have the media-libs/tiff package emerged, but for 
some reason the KDE subsystem does not seem to be using it.

What doesn't even list .tif files as graphics files:
KView

What doesn't work with .tif files:
krita preview in File>Open dialog
KPhotoAlbum does not show .tif files
gimp lists the files, but puts up an error message when it attempts to 
open the file
KView

What does work with .tif files:
Krita will open them (just not preview them)
hugin
cinepaint (not KDE based)


If I tell konqueror to open a .tif file with KView, the KView status bar 
says "Unknown image format: /"...."/A00001658.1.tif"

If I tell konqueror to open a .tif file with GIMP, I get two GIMP Messages:
PDB calling error: Procedure 'file-tiff-load' not found.
Opening '/.../A00001658.1.tif' failed: raw image plug-in could not open 
image

I have run
emerge --update --deep --newuse world
revdep-rebuild
with no improvement

Any insight into what I need to do to get this working will be greatly 
appreciated.  Please be explicit (or include links to documentation) if 
I have to do anything unusual, but I will be glad to send any needed 
information to help you diagnose my problem.

Ted Miller
Indiana, USA