[digiKam-users] move from package to appimage

[Jim Dory]

Thanks Michael!

On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 5:31 AM Michael Moore <stuporglue at gmail.com> wrote:

> Jim,
>
> As an anecdote, I started with Digikam 7.1 on Debian (with an external
> MySQL database) and switched to the 7.2 appimage. I haven't experienced any
> problems.
>
> Oftentimes software updates bring 1-way database updates – meaning I
> personally wouldn't try downgrading back to 7.1 again – but I don't know if
> that's the case for Digikam between these version numbers.
>
> I would recommend making a backup of your database before switching, just
> in case.
>
> --
> Michael
>
>
>
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> On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 8:14 PM Jim Dory <james at dorydesign.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to see if I can get rid of qtwebengine off my gentoo
>> distribution and wondering if I go with the appimage instead of the
>> included package, which I'm running, would not create any problems? I
>> assume I could just point the appimage to my database and image directories
>> and all would be fine. Many thanks for the great program. Not sure if I'm
>> overlooking anything.
>>
>> /jim
>>
>
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