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initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">A while ago I installed Digikam 7.1 onto a Linux Mint
20.1 MATE fresh install. I also installed Rapid Photo Downloader
& renamed all my images in 3 folders relating to my current
and previous 2 cameras. I then managed to create 3 albums in
Digikam and imported images from my locally mounted (via fstab)
3TB HDD. I was very impressed by both pieces of software - Digikam
& RPD. All I needed was a decent 4K monitor.<br>
<br>
I now have a decent 4K video card & monitor so a couple of
weeks ago I attempted to import further/new images (also
RPD-renamed) but<em class="text-italics" style="font-style:
italic;"><strong class="text-strong" style="font-weight: bold;"><em
class="text-italics" style="font-style: italic;"><em
class="text-italics" style="font-style: italic;"><span> </span>Import
menu option is now greyed out</em></em></strong></em><span> </span>on
my (reduced ?) Digikam menu.<br>
<br>
I also see that the Digikam documentation does not seem to
correspond with version 7.1. My installation (now?) has a
different menu structure. <br>
Given the time lapsed and my lack of familiarity with Digikam I
cannot remember if the menu has changed. <br>
See the screen dump below showing DK opened on top of the
documentation page from here:<span> </span><a
href="https://docs.kde.org/trunk5/en/extragear-graphics/digikam/using-digikam.html#using-mainwindow-intro"
class="postlink" style="background-color: transparent; color:
rgb(54, 138, 210); text-decoration: none; direction: ltr;
unicode-bidi: embed; display: inline-block; border-bottom: 1px
solid rgb(54, 138, 210); padding-bottom: 0px;">https://docs.kde.org/trunk5/en/extragea
... ndow-intro</a>. The menus are different - the top level
menu is not present.<br>
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I eventually reached the conclusion that perhaps my menu had been
lost or corrupted somehow. I spent many many hours
uninstalling (several different ways - note: I could find no
.digikam config folder), re-installing Digikam and re-indexing
the images. Still I cannot import more images nor can I work out
why my DK installation is unlike the version in the documentation.<br>
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Digikam is now, or should be, a fresh install (unless somewhere
there is a file I missed when un-installing) and I can only assume
I am missing something very basic. <br>
I am at a total loss how to proceed. Can anyone please explain
what I am doing wrong?<br>
Alternatively is there another application capable of handling
thousands of high-res images including RAW, offering similar
features and that will work on Mint 20.1?</div>
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I would be extremely grateful if someone could help me get Digikam
working again.</div>
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background-color: rgb(224, 237, 211); text-decoration-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">Many thanks - John-Summit<br>
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