Requirements
In order to successfully use digiKam, you need the following:
AutoConf >= 2.5 GNU autoconf
AutoMake >= 1.7.0 GNU automake
KDE 3.x KDE Home Page
libqt >= 3.3.x Trolltech
libsqlite >= 3.x SQlite3
gphoto2 >= 2.x Gphoto Home Page
libgdbm >= 1.8.0
libkipi >= 0.1 www.kipi-plugins.org
libkexiv2 >= 0.1 www.kipi-plugins.org
libdcraw >= 0.1.5 www.kipi-plugins.org
libtiff >= 3.6.x (>=3.8.2 recommended) www.remotesensing.org
libpng >= 1.2.0 www.libpng.org
liblcms >= 1.14.x Little CMS Home Page
libjasper >= 1.7 Jasper site
exiv2 >= 0.12 (>=0.14 recommended) Exiv2.org
All library dependencies require development and binary packages installed on your computer to compile digiKam.
Most likely your distribution vendor might already have packaged and provided these packages.
