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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi Stephan,<br>
<br>
Could you tell me how to start the process of starting that 2nd
"First Run Dialog"? All my files are stored locally on my PC and
external USB drives. As I pointed out to Gilles previously, all
my attempts so far to create a 2nd separate database from the
command line have failed so far. In my last attempt I tried
making a copy of digikamrc as I've described (see below). But
I've yet to get Digikam to go through the process of setting up
a new set of database files in a new location.<br>
<br>
BTW: That URL you point to is for this thread that I started
last week.<br>
<br>
Thoughts from anyone on this much appreciated.<br>
Shel<br>
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On 4/14/2022 12:39 AM, Stephen Leibowitz wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">How to
assign a drive letter to Microsoft OneDrive in Windows 10:<br>
<a
href="https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-assign-a-drive-letter-to-microsoft-onedrive-in-windows-10/"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-assign-a-drive-letter-to-microsoft-onedrive-in-windows-10/</a><br>
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I suggest a separate configuration file for each collection,
which would have separate digiKam databases. When running
digiKam, you would specify the config file. It can be run
with a shortcut, but it is easier to illustrate with a start
command:<br>
start "digiKam" digikam.exe --config dkrc_work<br>
start "digiKam" digikam.exe --config dkrc_personal<br>
<br>
You would go through a separate First Run Dialog for each
collection. For each collection, store the databases in the
corresponding OneDrive account, or in a separate folder on
the laptop (such as dk_work and dk_personal). For the sake
of performance, you should store the thumbnails database on
local storage (the laptop). If you store databases other
than thumbnails on the laptop, you should periodically
perform a backup.<br>
<br>
There is a recent thread that may help:<br>
Second copy of digiKam on Windows 7 PC possible?<br>
<a
href="https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/digikam-users/2022-April/033558.html"
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On 4/13/2022 10:15 PM, Shel Ritter wrote:<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Well I made a copy of digikamrc,
renamed it digikamrc2, and edited the 4 paths to point to a test
folder. 'I:\test\' where I placed a folder of jpg files. Then
ran the command:<br>
<br>
<font face="monospace">digiKam.exe --config
C:\Users\<winuser>\Pictures\digikamrc2</font><br>
<br>
The same command with just <font face="monospace">.\digikamrc
does launch DigiKam normally. But with \</font><font
face="monospace">digikamrc2 it opens and error window asking
for the location of database files:<br>
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<img moz-do-not-send="false"
src="cid:part1.tjCIlb7p.om0oWYrP@yahoo.com" alt="" class=""
width="403" height="377"><br>
</font><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://i.imgur.com/i4gZwkM.jpg"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://i.imgur.com/i4gZwkM.jpg</a><br>
<br>
It's expecting to see database files in I:\Test\ like the ones
that it created for my current installation, which are:<br>
<br>
<font face="monospace"> Volume in drive I is Seagate 3TB<br>
Volume Serial Number is C490-6E90<br>
<br>
Directory of I:\DigiKam<br>
<br>
04/13/2022 09:34 PM <DIR> .<br>
04/13/2022 09:34 PM <DIR> ..<br>
08/10/2021 03:05 PM <DIR> .dtrash<br>
08/07/2021 02:08 PM <DIR> Bob<br>
08/10/2021 02:07 AM 232,562,688 digikam4 - Copy.db<br>
04/13/2022 09:25 PM 245,964,800 digikam4.db<br>
04/13/2022 09:34 PM 0 dir.txt<br>
08/08/2021 06:26 PM <DIR> NuPix<br>
08/10/2021 01:46 AM 32,768 recognition - Copy.db<br>
04/13/2022 09:21 PM 32,768 recognition.db<br>
08/10/2021 01:46 AM 395,603,968 similarity - Copy.db<br>
04/13/2022 09:21 PM 406,282,240 similarity.db<br>
08/10/2021 02:11 AM 5,485,481,984 thumbnails-digikam -
Copy.db<br>
04/13/2022 09:21 PM 6,336,602,112 thumbnails-digikam.db<br>
9 File(s) 13,102,563,328 bytes<br>
5 Dir(s) 84,004,843,520 bytes free</font><br>
<br>
I've seen that error when I've failed to switch the external USB
drive on that holds my current library. <br>
<br>
I had my doubts that the 2nd config file was going to force
DigiKam to import my I:\Test\*.* files into a new profiles and
create all those sqlite db files.<br>
<br>
Thoughts?<br>
<br>
On 4/12/2022 10:58 PM, Gilles Caulier wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le mer. 13 avr. 2022
à 07:41, Shel Ritter <<a
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moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">shelritterbmw@yahoo.com</a>>
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<div>So where do I get a 2nd config file Gilles?</div>
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<div>Dupplicates original file and change configuration
inside. It's a simple INI text file separated in sections.<br>
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<div> Do I just make a copy of the existing digikamrc
file, and then edit it and change the 4 local folder
paths I see there to a new location? <br>
<br>
This is what's in my current digikamrc:<br>
<font face="monospace">Database
Name=<DriveLetter>:/DigiKam/<br>
Database Name Face=</font><font face="monospace"><font
face="monospace"><font face="monospace"><DriveLetter></font></font>:/DigiKam/<br>
Database Name Similarity=</font><font
face="monospace"><font face="monospace"><DriveLetter></font>:/DigiKam/<br>
Database Name Thumbnails=</font><font
face="monospace"><font face="monospace"><DriveLetter></font>:/DigiKam/</font><br>
<br>
Can I just make a copy named digikamrc2 and set:<br>
<font face="monospace">Database
Name=<DriveLetter>:/2ndConfig/DigiKam/<br>
Database Name Face=</font><font face="monospace"><font
face="monospace"><font face="monospace"><DriveLetter></font></font>:</font><font
face="monospace"><font face="monospace">/2ndConfig/</font>/DigiKam/<br>
Database Name Similarity=</font><font
face="monospace"><font face="monospace"><DriveLetter></font>:</font><font
face="monospace"><font face="monospace">/2ndConfig/</font>/DigiKam/<br>
Database Name Thumbnails=</font><font
face="monospace"><font face="monospace"><DriveLetter></font>:</font><font
face="monospace"><font face="monospace">/2ndConfig/</font>/DigiKam/</font><br>
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<div>exactly...</div>
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<div> And if that's all it takes, and I set the new path
to a folder on the system where the 2nd library files
reside, will that avoid having to copy a whole set of
duplicates to a new location as was the case for my
current library?<br>
<br>
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<div>Typically, yes. 2 separate databases which will not be
in concurrency.</div>
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<div>Gilles Caulier<br>
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<div> Thanks for your help on this Gilles.<br>
Shel<br>
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On 4/12/2022 8:29 PM, Gilles Caulier wrote:<br>
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<div>Hi,</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>You don't need to install 2 versions of digiKam
binary at different places.</div>
<div><br>
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<div>You will run the same binary but with 2
different config files passed at startup. Use the
right option from digikam.exe command line for
that. Create a desktop icon with right properties
to point of digikam.exe and use the right CLI
options.</div>
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<div>At end you must to have 2 digiKam desktop icons
pointing on 2 different config files</div>
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<div>Best</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Gilles Caulier<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le mer. 13 avr.
2022 à 01:09, Shel Ritter <<a
href="mailto:shelritterbmw@yahoo.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">shelritterbmw@yahoo.com</a>>
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<div>Thanks again to Gilles for pointing me to
the correct DigiKam config file, digikamrc in
hopes to set up a batch file for switching
between to separate instances of DigiKam in
Windows. But I'm still stuck at trying to
figure out how to create that 2nd DigiKam
installation in Windows to enable switching
between the two. I could rind the installer
again and select a different folder for the
installation, but I'm afraid in the process
Windows will overwrite crucial files critical
to the 1st installation. Thanks for any
thoughts on this.<br>
Shel<br>
<br>
On 4/8/2022 12:33 AM, Frédéric Da Vitoria
wrote:<br>
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<div>Hello,<br>
<br>
Sorry to interfere here, but I am new to
digiKam and I'd like to understand.
Unfortunately, the digiKam documentation
does not seem to mention command line
options.<br>
<br>
So Gilles, are you saying that Shel should
start digiKam with something like <br>
<blockquote><font
style="font-family:monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0)"
face="monospace">digikam.exe --config
C:\Users\<user>\Documents\new_digiKam_config.cfg
</font><span style="font-family:monospace">--database-directory
</span><font
style="font-family:monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0)"
face="monospace">C:\Users\<user>\Documents\new_digiKam_db.sqlite</font></blockquote>
<font
style="font-family:monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0)"
face="monospace">and that digiKam will
create a new config file and a new
database ?<br>
<br>
Other question: did starting digiKam as
Shel did break anything ?<br>
</font><br>
Le 08/04/2022 à 08:57, Gilles Caulier a
écrit :<br>
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<div dir="auto">Not at all. Yolov config
file is for face recognition…</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
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<div dir="auto">The digiKam config file is
named digikamrc </div>
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<div dir="auto">Gilles Caulier <br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le ven.
8 avr. 2022 à 08:41, Shel Ritter <<a
href="mailto:shelritterbmw@yahoo.com" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">shelritterbmw@yahoo.com</a>>
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<div>Thanks for the input Gilles.
Looking into the \AppData
configuration folder, it seemed
like the config file would have
been: yolov3-face.cfg <br>
<br>
<font
style="font-family:monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0)"
face="monospace"> Volume in
drive C:<br>
<br>
Directory of
C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\digikam\facesengine<br>
<br>
10:34 PM <DIR>
.<br>
10:34 PM <DIR>
..<br>
08:16 PM 28,092
deploy.prototxt<br>
10:34 PM 0
dir.txt<br>
08:16 PM 31,510,785
openface_nn4.small2.v1.t7<br>
08:16 PM 5,351,047
res10_300x300_ssd_iter_140000_fp16.caffemodel<br>
08:16 PM 67,740,572
shapepredictor.dat<br>
08:16 PM 8,334
yolov3-face.cfg<br>
08:26 PM 246,305,388
yolov3-wider_16000.weights<br>
7 File(s) 350,944,218
bytes</font><br>
<br>
So I ran this, expecting to see my
current installation boot:<br>
<br>
<font
style="font-family:monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0)"
face="monospace">digikam.exe
--config
C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\digikam\facesengine\yolov3-face.cfg</font><br>
<br>
Instead DigiKam opened as if it
was opening for the 1st time. It
just wasn't recognizing
yolov3-face.cfg as a valid config
file, and opened as a fresh
installation no matter what file I
pointed it to. That initial window
that pops up refers to, "The new
location for configuration files
is ~/Local Settings/ ~(old
AppData/Local/). But the only
Digikam files there are 2 simple
text files in the root
AppData/Local/ folder,
digikam_systemrc 45 KB and
digikamrc 88KB that the --config
command ignores.<br>
<br>
I can't see any other locations
where a valid config file might
be. And if the --help output for
--database-directory <dir>
is referring to a folder that
should literally be named dir
somewhere, I couldn't find it.<br>
<br>
Admittedly I'm not great at the
technical end of things. 😉</div>
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<div><br>
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Caulier wrote:<br>
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<div>Hi,</div>
<div><br>
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<div>the digiKam binary has few
option from command line to
switch to a specific
configuration file. Under
Linux it's easy to do :</div>
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<div><span
style="font-family:monospace"><span
style="font-family:monospace;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0)">[gilles@localhost
8.x]$ digikam --help </span><br>
Usage: digikam [options] <br>
Professional Photo
Management with the Power of
Open Source - A KDE Family
Project <br>
<br>
Options: <br>
-h, --help
Displays
help on commandline options.
<br>
--help-all
Displays
help including Qt specific
options. <br>
-v, --version
Displays
version information. <br>
--author
Show
author information. <br>
--license
Show
license information. <br>
--desktopfile <file
name> The base file
name of the desktop entry
for this <br>
application. <br>
--download-from
<path> Open
camera dialog at "path" <br>
--download-from-udi
<udi> Open camera
dialog for the device with
Solid UDI <br>
"udi" <br>
--detect-camera
Automatically
detect and open a connected
gphoto2 <br>
camera <br>
--database-directory
<dir> Start digikam
with the SQLite database
file found <br>
in the directory "dir" <br>
--config <config>
Start digikam with
the configuration file <br>
"config" <br>
[gilles@localhost 8.x]$ <br>
</span></div>
<div><span
style="font-family:monospace"><br>
</span></div>
<div><span
style="font-family:monospace">The
option "<span
style="font-family:monospace">--config
<config>" is the
right one for your use
case. Look also "<span
style="font-family:monospace">--database-directory
<dir>".</span></span></span></div>
<div><span
style="font-family:monospace"><span
style="font-family:monospace"><span style="font-family:monospace"><br>
</span></span></span></div>
<div><span
style="font-family:monospace"><span
style="font-family:monospace"><span style="font-family:monospace">These
options are also
available under Windows
of course. Just call
digikam.exe from a
simple Windows batch
script must do the
stuff.</span></span></span></div>
<div><span
style="font-family:monospace"><span
style="font-family:monospace"><span style="font-family:monospace"><br>
</span></span></span></div>
<div><span
style="font-family:monospace"><span
style="font-family:monospace"><span style="font-family:monospace">Best</span></span></span></div>
<div><span
style="font-family:monospace"><span
style="font-family:monospace"><span style="font-family:monospace"><br>
</span></span></span></div>
<div><span
style="font-family:monospace"><span
style="font-family:monospace"><span style="font-family:monospace">Gilles
Caulier<br>
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avr. 2022 à 05:18, Shel Ritter
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<div> I've had a copy of
Digikam installed and
working well on my Windows 7
PC for some time now.
Recently I find myself
wanting a separate copy of
Digikam to incorporate an
completely different library
of photos. Is that possible?
<br>
<br>
I was wondering if that
mcould be done by making a
copy of the
\<user>\AppData\Roaming\digikam
folder, and uninstalling the
program, deleting (or just
moving) the original data
folder, reinstalling it, and
importing a different folder
& sub-folders from a
different file library. Then
just switch the 2 \AppData\
folders when I want to
switch between libraries.
I'm guessing things probably
aren't that simple. Is the
any chance there's a more
sophisticated method if
possible at all?<br>
<br>
I'm also wondering if
there's any way to have
DigiKam use the existing
files in the new library
instead of copying them all
to a separate location. My
libraries are pretty large.<br>
<br>
Thanks for any feedback
folks.<br>
Shel</div>
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