Moving from sqlite to mysql failure

[Simon Frei]

Hi,

Do you have the libqt5sql5-mysql package installed?
Or more generally, where do you install digiKam from?

Cheers,
Simon


On 03/04/17 19:11, daniel bip wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> May someone assist me in moving from sqlite to mysql internal?
>
> I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and DK 5.5.0. I also installed
> mysql-server-5.7. I did nothing else (mysql is not setup in any way, I
> mean).
>
> In the migration windows mysql_install_db is shown as a green tick,
> and also is mysqld. But when I click on Migrate I get a pop up warning
> stating "Error while opening the target database" and command line says
>
> "digikam.dbengine: Error while opening the database. Error was
> QSqlError("", "Driver not loaded", "Driver not loaded")"
>
> mysql is up and running so I guess I am just missing something
> important, may someone give me a clue?
>
> Thx.
>
> BR,
>
>
> d.