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<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">I got the same question.</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Is there a possibility to use the same folders for Linux and Windows systems? Any symlink which could be accepted?</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">What would be the manual workaround for the DB?</span></p>
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<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">If I enter a Network share from Windows I get, "networkshareid:?mountpath=Z:"</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> </span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Thanks!</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> </span></p>
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<p class="v1MsoNormal"><strong><span>From:</span></strong><span> Digikam-users <digikam-users-bounces@kde.org> <strong>On Behalf Of </strong>Fred Wilhelm<br /><strong>Sent:</strong> Freitag, 22. Oktober 2021 15:53<br /><strong>To:</strong> digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with thepower of open source <digikam-users@kde.org><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> Re: [digiKam-users] Need help connecting to an existing SQL DB</span></p>
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<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>Holy crap! Thank you so much for explaining that. </span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>It makes so much sense now.</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>I will go back and put this answer on all those other forums I've asked this on.</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>Thanks again Maik, you are my new hero for the day </span><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji',sans-serif;">😊</span><span></span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>Fred</span></p>
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<p class="v1MsoNormal"><strong><span>From: </span></strong><span><a href="mailto:metzpinguin@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer">Maik Qualmann</a><br /><strong>Sent: </strong>Friday, October 22, 2021 3:53 AM<br /><strong>To: </strong><a href="mailto:digikam-users@kde.org" rel="noreferrer">digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the power of open source</a><br /><strong>Subject: </strong>Re: [digiKam-users] Need help connecting to an existing SQL DB</span></p>
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<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>Different OS systems, as long as the mountpath of the images collection is </span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>identical, is easily possible. However, if the mount path is e.g. "/mnt/</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>pictures" on one computer and "C:\pictures" or "<a href="file://SERVER/pictures" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">\\SERVER\pictures</a>" on the </span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>other, it is currently not possible without manual changes to an entry in the </span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>DB.</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>Maik</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>Am Freitag, 22. Oktober 2021, 04:27:51 CEST schrieb Fred Wilhelm:</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> So it is not possible to connect multiple computers to a single MySQL</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> database?</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> </span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> Fred</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> </span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> From: Maik Qualmann<<a href="mailto:metzpinguin@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer">mailto:metzpinguin@gmail.com</a>></span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2021 2:38 PM</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the power</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> of open source<<a href="mailto:digikam-users@kde.org" rel="noreferrer">mailto:digikam-users@kde.org</a>> Subject: Re: [digiKam-users]</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> Need help connecting to an existing SQL DB</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> </span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> Sometimes nobody just doesn't know the answer. I don't know the specifics of</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> a Docker installation, nor do I know what a "Guacamole" client is. When I</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> google for the word, a dish of Mexican cuisine comes out. Yes, I also found</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> it to be an HTML5 web application, but I don't know it. Nobody can know</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> everything.</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> </span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> Usually connecting to a MySQL server is not a big deal. But without some</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> debug logs from the terminal we cannot help. In addition, digiKam is not</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> really suitable for multi-OS, since the collection base path is different</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> between Windows and Linux. There is an undocumented solution for this and I</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> plan to make this available in the GUI, but currently it is not possible</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> without manual changes to the MySQL DB.</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> </span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> Maik</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> </span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> Am Donnerstag, 21. Oktober 2021, 19:57:20 CEST schrieb Fred Wilhelm:</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> > Hi all,</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> > </span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> > Am I doing something wrong? I have been asking this question for months</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> > now</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> > with no response. I've asked in tech forums and Reddit groups supposedly</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> > dedicated to Digikam. No responses. If my question is too stoopid, please</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> > tell me I am a moron but please tell me why. I simply can't find the</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> > answer</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> > to this anywhere.</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> > </span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> > Fred</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> > </span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> > From: Fred Wilhelm<<a href="mailto:siliconfalcon@live.com" rel="noreferrer">mailto:siliconfalcon@live.com</a>></span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 7:00 PM</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> > To: <a href="#NOP">digikam-users@kde.org<mailto:digikam-users@kde.org</a>></span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> > Subject: [digiKam-users] Need help connecting to an existing SQL DB</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> > </span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> > Hi Friends,</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> > </span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> > I have an Unraid server with the Digikam docker installation set to use a</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> > MySQL server. Everything is working great and I love the product. Now,</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> > however, I would like to install the Windows version of Digikam on my</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> > laptop due to functionality issues in the Guacamole client. When I go</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> > through the install, I am asked for the database connection info (which</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> > connects fine) but, when it completes the install, it creates a new set of</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> > empty tables and dumps my current database. I do not want to run the</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> > Digikam server from my laptop because I have a cron job running to detect</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> > faces as pictures are uploaded to my personal cloud and the Unraid server</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> > is always running.</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> > </span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> > I am looking for the documentation to install Digikam on my Windows 10</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> > laptop to use the existing MySQL database on my Unraid server.</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> > </span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> > </span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span>> > Fred</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
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