<div class="mail_android_message" style="line-height: 1; padding: 0.5em">Dear Edoardo,<br/><br/>Although I don't see the attached Screenshots I know what you're talking about. I have the same issue with digikam 7.1 (flathub) and Mint 20.<br/>Additionally I tried the following: When adding a collection I was given the option to create a new folder, what I did. The the new collection appeared in DK. In that collection I can create a new album and copy pistures from the old collection to the new one. <br/>But on the Filesystem there's no new folder. <br/><br/>When trying to add an existing folder, I even set the permissions to 777 and changed the user and group to my user for that folder as well as for the parent folder.<br/><br/>@Edoardo: How did you install DK? Also via flathub?<br/><br/>Kind regards <br/>Matthias</div>
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<br> Message: 1
<br> Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2021 18:42:52 +0000
<br> From: Andrew Goodbody <ajg02@elfringham.co.uk>
<br> To: digikam-users@kde.org
<br> Subject: Re: [digiKam-users] Migrating from Digikam 4 to 6
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<br> No, the migration tool will not move or copy your picture files. At
<br> least not unless you are doing something unusual that you have not told
<br> us about.
<br>
<br> I suspect that you may be suffering from the change in location of where
<br> the digikamrc file was stored, so the new version of digikam is not
<br> aware of where the old version kept its settings. That may not be well
<br> dealt with as you are leaping over a major release, ie digikam 5. But
<br> then I do not remember precisely when that happened, so maybe not.
<br>
<br> But you are moving from a very old and obsolete version of digikam to an
<br> old and obsolete version of digikam. You would do better to follow
<br> Giles' advice and download the latest release appimage for digikam 7.
<br>
<br> If there is anything you are not sure about please ask a specific
<br> question with as much detail as possible. Explain what you see and why
<br> it concerns you. I do not remember ever needing to run any sort of
<br> migration so I cannot guide you on it with the question you have asked.
<br> You are assuming a level of familiarity with a once in a lifetime task
<br> that we simply do not have nor should we be expected to have.
<br>
<br> Andrew
<br>
<br> On 16/01/2021 15:18, J D wrote:
<br> > Does the migration tool move the picture files or make copies of them?
<br> > Is it possible to do the migration in-place?
<br> >
<br> > BR,
<br> > angrdtsk
<br> >
<br> > la 16. tammik. 2021 klo 15.40 Gilles Caulier (caulier.gilles@gmail.com
<br> > <mailto:caulier.gilles@gmail.com>) kirjoitti:
<br> >
<br> > Le sam. 16 janv. 2021 à 14:25, J D <angrdtsk@gmail.com
<br> > <mailto:angrdtsk@gmail.com>> a écrit :
<br> > >
<br> > > Hi, and thanks for quick reply,
<br> > >
<br> > > I got Digikam 6.4 along with a Linux distro, so updating it may
<br> > not be that simple.
<br> >
<br> > We provide an universal Linux AppImage bundle. There is nothing to
<br> > install, it does not install anything. AppImage is just a simple
<br> > executable which uncompresses the whole dependencies in a virtual disk
<br> > in memory and runs the application using chroot.
<br> >
<br> > It's simple to use.
<br> >
<br> > Just to be sure, backup all your database files previously, in case
<br> > of...
<br> >
<br> > >
<br> > > Do I have any options in addition to using the migration tool?
<br> >
<br> > No, because we have fixed more than 1300 bugs since the 6.x release,
<br> > so it will be complicated to resume all problems from previous
<br> > releases.
<br> >
<br> > >
<br> > > What would be the preferred (hopefully future-proof) solution for
<br> > this case?
<br> > >
<br> >
<br> > This kind of huge migration must be performed carefully. This is my
<br> > recommandations:
<br> >
<br> > 1/ Backup databases in all cases.
<br> > 2/ Change Setup/metadata/xmp sidecar option and create a new XMP
<br> > sidecar file for all images. Use Maintenance tool.
<br> > 3/ Stop digiKam and remove your previous database.
<br> > 4/ start the new 7.2.0 appimage. It will ask to recreate the database
<br> > from scratch scanning collection (especially XMP sidecar).
<br> > 5/ Let's start the scan and take a coffee.
<br> >
<br> > Alternative, more faster of course :
<br> >
<br> > 1/ Backup databases in all cases.
<br> > 2/ run migration database tool
<br> > 3/ setup original DB and target DB.
<br> > 4/ process migration and take a coffee.
<br> >
<br> > I always processed the first solution with my huge familly collection
<br> > (250Mb on SSD with sqlite).
<br> >
<br> > Best
<br> >
<br> > Gilles Caulier
<br> >
<br>
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<br> Message: 2
<br> Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2021 15:17:19 -0500
<br> From: Rob Dueckman <duke@dukey.org>
<br> To: digikam-users@kde.org
<br> Subject: Re: [digiKam-users] Migrating from Digikam 4 to 6
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<br> There are many ways to skin a cat when it comes to upgrading your copy
<br> of Digikam.
<br>
<br> As you are upgrading from a pretty old version, these are the steps >I<
<br> would do things in:
<br>
<br> 1) make sure you have a current backup of your photos. From your
<br> earlier messages, it appears you don't like to write the metadata to
<br> your photos as it messes with your backups, so I imagine you are doing
<br> incremental backups. Just make sure everything is up do date with your
<br> backup first
<br>
<br> 2) configure Digikam to write all metadata into sidecar files (.xmp)
<br> Once done, sync the metadata for all your photos to disk. This will
<br> take a bit of time, and will write a .xmp file for every photo
<br>
<br> 3) MOVE your digikam database files and digikam settings folder to a
<br> safe place. You want these to be re-created when you run digikam the
<br> next time
<br>
<br> 4) download the appimage for the current 7.2 release candidate for
<br> Digikam and mark it executable (either command line or viewing the
<br> properties from the desktop)
<br> You can find the latest release candidate at
<br> <a href="https://files.kde.org/digikam/">https://files.kde.org/digikam/</a> You will want the X86-64 file as
<br> you are running a current linux distribution
<br>
<br> 5) Run the appimage (double click on the appimage icon from your file
<br> browser on the desktop) and perform the first run configuration
<br> pointing digikam at your photo library. Once it starts scanning
<br> photos, take a break. It might take a while
<br>
<br> 6) if everything looks good, uninstall your old copy of digikam, and
<br> remove the old database files and settings folder.
<br>
<br> 7) In case things don't work, restore your original database files and
<br> digikam settings folder and appimage file to revert back to the old
<br> version.
<br>
<br> 8) configure Digikam settings and update for your preferred metadata
<br> settings. As .xmp files are quite small, it might be acceptable to
<br> write to .xmp files in addition to the database in the future as it
<br> won't affect your backup size too dramatically.
<br>
<br> 9) for bonus points and if you're bored enduring a COVID lockdown, scan
<br> your entire collecton for faces and be prepared to name a lot of
<br> people.
<br>
<br>
<br> Again, this is how I would upgrade my digikam as it gives the ability
<br> to roll back at any point until you remove the old database and
<br> configuration files.
<br>
<br> Rob
<br>
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<br> On Sat, 2021-01-16 at 15:25 +0200, J D wrote:
<br> > Hi, and thanks for quick reply,
<br> >
<br> > I got Digikam 6.4 along with a Linux distro, so updating it may not
<br> > be that simple.
<br> >
<br> > Do I have any options in addition to using the migration tool?
<br> >
<br> > What would be the preferred (hopefully future-proof) solution for
<br> > this case?
<br> >
<br> > BR,
<br> > angrdtsk
<br> >
<br> > la 16. tammik. 2021 klo 15.13 Gilles Caulier
<br> > (caulier.gilles@gmail.com) kirjoitti:
<br> > > Le sam. 16 janv. 2021 à 14:01, J D <angrdtsk@gmail.com> a écrit :
<br> > > >
<br> > > > Hi,
<br> > > >
<br> > > > I lately installed a new Linux distribution, and along with that
<br> > > change, got new version of Digikam (4 -> 6.4). How can I import the
<br> > > meta-data created using the old one to the new one?
<br> > > >
<br> > > > The meta-data is in a database file. I don't like the idea of
<br> > > embedding it into the picture files because that way, changes in
<br> > > meta-data would mean changes in picture files, and that would
<br> > > complicate making back ups.
<br> > >
<br> > > If you use XMP sidecar files (See option in DK/Setup/Metadata
<br> > > panel),
<br> > > you will not touch image files as well.
<br> > >
<br> > > >
<br> > > > I found a dialog for migration in the new Digikam, but got
<br> > > immediately confused, as it seems to require me to move (or copy,
<br> > > that was unclear) the pictures from a directory to another along
<br> > > with the migration. There are roughly 35000 pictures taking 475 GB
<br> > > of space so proceeding with that dialog is not something I will try
<br> > > before I know better what is going happen and why.
<br> > >
<br> > > In all cases, if you use database migration tool, do not migrate to
<br> > > 6.4 release, but to 7.2. release candidate available here :
<br> > >
<br> > > <a href="https://files.kde.org/digikam/">https://files.kde.org/digikam/</a>
<br> > >
<br> > > Best
<br> > >
<br> > > Gilles Caulier
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<br> Dear all,
<br>
<br> I'm running digiKam 7.1 on elementary os 5.1.7.
<br> On the guided setup, I selected my Images folder as root folder for
<br> digiKam.
<br> Now I want to add my Documents folder to my albums in digiKam too...
<br> but none of my home folders show up in the "add albums" dialog except
<br> Images (already imported).
<br> I'm attaching images where my folders are visible (Files app) and not
<br> visible (digiKam). I looked for them everywhere on digiKam, but can't
<br> find them.
<br> This is quite weird, as you can tell I'm new to digiKam, and I have no
<br> idea what's going on.
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<br> Kindly,
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<br> Edoardo
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