<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;">Wow, the online manual has come a long way since 2019 when I first was shopping for a DAM replacement. Nice work Gilles and others!<div>I recommend that even long-term users take a look, you’re bound to learn something!</div><div><div><div class="apple-rich-link" draggable="true" role="link" data-url="https://docs.digikam.org/en/index.html" style="-webkit-user-select: all; -webkit-user-drag: element; display: inline-block;"><a class="lp-rich-link" rel="nofollow" href="https://docs.digikam.org/en/index.html" dir="ltr" role="button" draggable="false" width="300" style="border-radius: 10px; font-family: -apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; display: block; -webkit-user-select: none; width: 300px; -webkit-user-modify: read-only; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none;"><table class="lp-rich-link-emailBaseTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="300" style="table-layout: fixed; border-collapse: collapse; width: 300px; background-color: rgb(229, 230, 233);"><tbody><tr><td vertical-align="center"><table bgcolor="#E5E6E9" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar" style="table-layout: fixed;"><tbody><tr><td class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStackItem" style="padding: 8px 0px;"><div class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0px 16px; overflow: hidden;"><div class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-topCaption-leading" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; font-size: 12px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://docs.digikam.org/en/index.html" draggable="false" style="text-decoration: none;"><font style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847);">digiKam Manual — Digikam Manual 8.0.0 documentation</font></a></div><div class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-bottomCaption-leading" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; font-size: 11px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://docs.digikam.org/en/index.html" draggable="false" style="text-decoration: none;"><font style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498);">docs.digikam.org</font></a></div></div></td><td class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-rightIconItem" width="36" style="padding: 6px 12px 6px 0px;"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://docs.digikam.org/en/index.html" draggable="false"><img id="<D0612B37-63F4-4CE7-9A6C-6D2E5A381415>" src="cid:AF3B59C2-130A-424D-8F01-1D0F37120508" alt="favicon.ico" draggable="false" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-rightIcon Apple-web-attachment" style="display: inline-block; width: 36px; height: 36px; border-radius: 3px; opacity: 1; pointer-events: none !important;"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div></div><br></div><div></div><div>Peter Orth</div><div>310 413 8267</div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Feb 3, 2023, at 9:41 AM, Peter Orth <planetorth@gmail.com> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Salut,Gilles! <div><br></div><div>Thanks again for your thoughtful and thorough response.</div><div>While I understand that the instructions I was working with come from a third party, in my defense, they are linked from your support page. </div><div><div style="display: block;"><div style="-webkit-user-select: all; -webkit-user-drag: element; display: inline-block;" class="apple-rich-link" draggable="true" role="link" data-url="https://www.digikam.org/support/"><a style="border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;display:block;-webkit-user-select:none;width:300px;user-select:none;-webkit-user-modify:read-only;user-modify:read-only;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none;" class="lp-rich-link" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.digikam.org/support/" dir="ltr" role="button" draggable="false" width="300"><table style="table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;background-color:#E5E6E9;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="lp-rich-link-emailBaseTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="300"><tbody><tr><td vertical-align="center"><table bgcolor="#E5E6E9" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;table-layout:fixed;background-color:rgba(229, 230, 233, 1);" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:8px 0px 8px 0px;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStackItem"><div style="max-width:100%;margin:0px 16px 0px 16px;overflow:hidden;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:500;font-size:12px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-topCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.digikam.org/support/" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#272727" style="">Support</font></a></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:400;font-size:11px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-bottomCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.digikam.org/support/" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#808080" style="">digikam.org</font></a></div></div></td><td style="padding:6px 12px 6px 0px;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-rightIconItem" width="36"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.digikam.org/support/" draggable="false"><span id="cid:767DB6E9-C3C9-44B7-9789-8B61BFEF5994"><favicon-32x32.png></span></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div></div></div><div>I don’t know if the info is still relevant to non-Mac users, but it seems useless for me!</div><div><br></div><div>I’ll have a go with the multiple collections on the Settings page you kindly linked. </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks again,</div><div><br></div><div>Peter Orth</div><div>310 413 8267</div><div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Feb 2, 2023, at 10:35 PM, Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles@gmail.com> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div>Hi,<br><br>First we are (digiKam team) not the authors of this web site's contents...<br><br>https://unix.cafe/wp/en/2020/08/how-to-use-multiple-photo-libraries-with-digikam/<br><br>2nd, there are few variables where this kind of scripts can be outdated :<br><br>- the version of macOS (I know I've been a Mac user since a long time)<br>- the architecture (M1 or Intel)<br>- the shell script used : BASH --> Apple switched to ZSH in a few years.<br>- the syntax used in the digikam configuration file which can change<br>in time, because the project is alive.<br><br>So I recommend not using this kind of workflow on your computer if you<br>are not experienced with low level computer science skills.<br><br>So, why not simply use the multiple collections supported in native ?<br><br>https://docs.digikam.org/en/setup_application/collections_settings.html#collections-settings<br><br>One collection to host your different workflows in the same database ?<br><br>Best<br><br>Gilles Caulier<br><br>Le ven. 3 févr. 2023 à 05:55, Peter Orth <planetorth@gmail.com> a écrit :<br><blockquote type="cite"><br>Greetings!<br><br><br>First, let me express my gratitude for all the time and energy this community expends on the Digikam project. I tried many candidates to replace my beloved iView/Expressions/MediaPro, Digikam is it.<br><br>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;<br>a large archive of work-related jpgs, thousands of Family pics, Fine Art pics and camera scans of archival negs.<br>Currently I’m using Digikam for a work-photo DAM and loving it.<br><br>I read through the instructions at https://unix.cafe/wp/en/2020/08/how-to-use-multiple-photo-libraries-with-digikam/, and decided to try creating multiple libraries.<br><br>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.<br>Nevertheless, I made a temporary user and went through the process to see if I could get it to work.<br>The instructions are clear, but I got stuck:<br><br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">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<br></blockquote></blockquote>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.<br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>Could this multi-library functionality be incorporated in a future release? Please?<br>Could a more idiot-friendly process be mapped out for the likes of me?<br>What is the solution to my dead end?<br><br>Thanks for your consideration!<br><br>Peter Orth<br><br></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>