[digiKam-users] How to install/uninstall digikam with internal MySQL database Mariadb?

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Take a look at:

https://scribblesandsnaps.com/2018/10/19/use-digikam-with-a-nas-and-mariadb/

from Dmitri Popov. He knows digikam, he wrote the recipe book.

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On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 16:45:53 +0200
Sky Diver <skydivergm at gmail.com> wrote:

> zwyklydigikam wrote:
> > I use local/online WAMP XAMP LAMP for webdesign, so you say I can
> > use it for digikam same time? Any tutorials how to configure? or
> > just path to exe files in digikam wizzard?  
> 
> Yes. I you already have a *AMP up and running with MySQL enabled,
> then you're server installation episode is over.
> Just for completeness, here the Digikam>MySQL setup instructions:
> https://userbase.kde.org/Digikam/Using_digiKam_with_MySQL
> 
> zwyklydigikam wrote:
> > I will try with MariaDB. It's good for many users, so why not for
> > me. Just need few answers a) b) c) d).....  
> 
> I. personally, tried it a year back and got all my tags
> disappearing on me. Luckily I was able to dig into the database and
> resurrect them, but I decided to switch back to SQLite.
> I do, however, have two separate databases - each having ~35K
> images, which works fine on SQLite.
> 
> A lot has changed since then and the developers say the MySQL
> version is much more stable now, so go ahead and give it a go (just
> make sure to backup first).


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