<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Greetings!<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>First, let me express my gratitude for all the time and energy this community expends on the Digikam project. <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I tried many candidates to replace my beloved iView/Expressions/MediaPro, Digikam is it.</span></div><div><br></div><div>I would very much like to implement multiple libraries on Digikam, as I have different sets of photography with completely different workflows, keyword sets, etc;</div><div>a large archive of work-related jpgs, thousands of Family pics, Fine Art pics and camera scans of archival negs.</div><div>Currently I’m using Digikam for a work-photo DAM and loving it. </div><div><br></div><div>I read through the instructions at <a href="https://unix.cafe/wp/en/2020/08/how-to-use-multiple-photo-libraries-with-digikam/">https://unix.cafe/wp/en/2020/08/how-to-use-multiple-photo-libraries-with-digikam/</a>, and decided to try creating multiple libraries.</div><div><br></div><div>I’m on a Mac M1 OS 13.1. I have worked in Terminal before, but only by dumbly and exactly following instructions. My computer skills are strictly user-oriented. Me on Terminal is like a chimp driving a bus.</div><div>Nevertheless, I made a temporary user and went through the process to see if I could get it to work.</div><div>The instructions are clear, but I got stuck:</div><div><br></div><div>>>Step 5, in order to clone the repository I had to DL Xcode first. All 23 GB worth. There may be a better way, but this made the clone command work</div><div>Then I got lost trying to find the script that I had just cloned locally in order to modify it as instructed, and finally gave up.</div><div>Unlike many of you, I don’t have the skills to understand exactly what I’m doing in this context, so when something is amiss, I get lost easily.</div><div><br></div><div>All this to say that I consider myself a little bit competent (or at least brave) when it comes to this stuff, and despite staying rational, and carefully folIowing instructions, I was unsuccessful.</div><div><br></div><div>Could this multi-library functionality be incorporated in a future release? Please?</div><div>Could a more idiot-friendly process be mapped out for the likes of me? </div><div>What is the solution to my dead end?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for your consideration!</div><div><br></div><div>Peter Orth</div><div><br></div></body></html>