Migrating to MySQL Internal fails

[Gilles Caulier]

2017-01-17 8:38 GMT+01:00 Thomas <thomasdn at gmail.com>:

> Hi,
>
> How can I migrate digikam SQLite db to MySQL internal db?
> When trying to use the migrate function in settings, it says: "Error while
> opening the target database."
> In the terminal it says:
> digikam.dbengine: ConnectOptions "UNIX_SOCKET=/home/tdn/.local/
> share/digikam/db_misc/mysql.socket" --- digikam.dbengine: Error while
> opening the database. Error was QSqlError("2002",
> "QMYSQL: Unable to connect", "Can't connect to local MySQL server through
> socket '/home/tdn/.local/share/digikam/db_misc/mysql.socket' (2)")
>

Which digiKam version do you use ?


>
>
> How do I fix this? Do I need a local MySQL server installed?
>

no need


> I thought this was embedded in Digikam, right?
>

yes it is


Gilles Caulier
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