I have survived for the past 2 or 3 years without using packman repo since I already use quite a lot flatpak packages. Today I was looking for solutions to make HEIC openable, and found only one solution which is to install libheif in the packman repo.
I don’t want to add a repo just for one package.
Any suggestion?
I might be confused …
# zypper in libheif*
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
'libheif1' providing 'libheif*' is already installed.
No update candidate for 'libheif1-1.17.6-1.3.x86_64'. The highest available version is already installed.
Resolving package dependencies...
The following 17 NEW packages are going to be installed:
glibc-32bit libgcc_s1-32bit libheif-aom libheif-dav1d libheif-devel libheif-ffmpeg libheif-jpeg libheif-openjpeg libheif-rav1e libheif-svtenc
libheif1-32bit libsharpyuv0-32bit libstdc++6-32bit libwebp-devel libwebpdecoder3 libz1-32bit zlib-devel
17 new packages to install.
Overall downlo
… and another way …
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The native libheif1 packages don’t work. I have them installed too but they don’t seem to do anything.
It was said in another thread that only packages in the packman repo can enable you to open heic files.
@aggie It is clearly written in the package description that libheif1 (openSUSE package) only provides AVIF support but not HEIF…
ich@laptopneu:~> LANG=C zypper info libheif1
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Information for package libheif1:
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Repository : repo-oss
Name : libheif1
Version : 1.17.6-1.3
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 793.8 KiB
Installed : Yes (automatically)
Status : up-to-date
Source package : libheif-1.17.6-1.3.src
Upstream URL : https://github.com/strukturag/libheif
Summary : HEIF/AVIF file format decoder and encoder
Description :
libheif is an ISO/IEC 23008-12:2017 HEIF and AVIF (AV1 Image File Format) file
format decoder and encoder.
HEIF and AVIF are new image file formats employing HEVC (H.265) or AV1 image
coding, respectively, for the best compression ratios currently possible.
For AVIF libaom, dav1d, or rav1e are used as codecs. HEIF support is not
provided.
ich@laptopneu:~>
Too bad the native version doesn’t work. Maybe one day, they will catch up 
For me, I use Darktable and DigiKam, installed as FlatPaks, and they open *.heic files … so no reliance on Packman (which I avoid).
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My digikam from flatpak can’t open heic files either. Not sure what’s missing.
After reboot flatpak digikam works fine to read and convert .heic files now. 
Libheif1 from Packman has the same description, but works…
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