Won't try using exiv2

[TomK32]

The arch package lists exiv2 (which installs /usr/bin/exiv2) as a dependency but not perl-image-exiftool which installs the /usr/bin/vendor_perl/exiftool. I only tried the crop function so far, simply by creating a symlink from /usr/bin/exiv2 to /usr/bin/exiftool (I realized that the perl package was missing only later) and it worked fine.

I don't know how compatible exiv2 and exiftool are in functionality and arguments (I will find out though), but would it be possible for geeqie to make it configurable which of both to use or simply try for both?

[caclark]

I only tried the crop function so far, simply by creating a symlink from /usr/bin/exiv2 to /usr/bin/exiftool

Unfortunately that will not work.

The relevant file is ./plugins/image-crop/geeqie-image-crop.sh

The comment shows Requires ImageMagick and exiftool. That is incorrect.
The comment should be Requires ImageMagick, exiftool and exiv2.
The code should be updated for a check for the existence exiv2

You will see that exiftool is used to read the orientation tag and set it in the extracted file.
The script could be changed to use exiv2 for that, thus eliminating the need for exiftool.
[I probably used exiftool because I happened to know the correct syntax, or I copied it from somewhere else...]