Digikam appimage

[Gilles Caulier]

No. Excepted the startup which require to uncompress the virtual FS, but to
be honest, on recent computer, it's not visible.

Another point : unlike an user report that file save from Editor do not
work, this problem is not reproducible here...

https://www.digikam.org/node/764#comment-21336


Gilles Caulier

2017-01-16 16:26 GMT+01:00 Andrey Goreev <aegoreev at gmail.com>:

> Hi Gilles
>
> Thanks for the explanations. Is an appimage working any slower compare to
> a regular installation?
>
> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
> Date: 2017-01-16 8:04 AM (GMT-07:00)
> To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the
> power of open source <digikam-users at kde.org>
> Subject: Re: Digikam appimage
>
> Hi,
>
> You lost nothing. Appimage is a bundle, a stand alone digiKam with all
> requirements embedbed in a virtual FS loaded in memory (FuseFS).
>
> You run it as well, the FS is decompressed in local (into /tmp), and
> nothing is installed on the system. No need root right.
>
> About setting, RC file still created/updated into your home directory, as
> a system based digiKam.
>
> Best
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> 2017-01-16 15:24 GMT+01:00 Andrey Goreev <aegoreev at gmail.com>:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am wondering where digikamrc and any configuration files being stored
>> when I am using an appimage. I have never used one before. It looks for me
>> like a portable version of a program which is great but if I download 5.5.0
>> in future am I going to lose my configuration files?
>> Please advise.
>>
>> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
>>
>
>
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