[digiKam-users] How to easily maintain multiple databases on one machine?

[Maik Qualmann]

Here at openSUSE Tumbleweed VirtualBox is broken at the moment. I wanted to 
take screenshots. I try to explain it.

The original configuration file is located at:
C:\Users\%USER%\AppData\Local\digikamrc

You can copy them and save them under a different name (for example, 
digikam1rc). You can also start with an empty file, it is important that the 
file already exists.

You create a desktop shortcut from digiKam to the desktop or copy it from the 
Start menu. Under Properties you can see the program path:

"C:\Program Files\digikam\digikam.exe"

The following option is attached to the command line:

"C:\Program Files\digikam\digikam.exe" --config C:\Users\%USER%
\AppData\Local\digikam1rc

Of course, replace the placeholder %USER% with the real username. If you start 
this link now and you have used a copy of the original configuration file, 
everything should be as it was before. You can now choose a different database 
path in the settings and add or remove other collections. Of course you can 
also save the configuration somewhere else, as a user you should have all file 
rights there. Hope it helps first.

Maik

Am Dienstag, 4. Juni 2019, 13:50:48 CEST schrieb sorker at t-online.de:
> *Friendly wave*
> 
> > Datum: 2019-06-03T08:11:20+0200
> > The use of different configuration files and databases also works without
> > problems in Windows. You can then create different desktop shortcuts and
> > start the digiKam with another config file. I'll describe in more detail
> > tonight how it's done.
> > 
> > Maik
> > 
> > >Am Sonntag, 2. Juni 2019, 21:08:25 CEST schrieb sorker at t-online.de:
> > > Hey, I'm a graphics designer in the personal and professional field. I
> > > am
> > > currently maintaining multiple data sets, image libraries, with dozens
> > > if
> > > not hundreds of gigabytes of data. I recently started using digiKam to
> > > maintain one of my texture libraries, and have really grown to like it
> > > thanks to tagging and duplicate filtering. However this is only one set,
> > > which i use for my work, and thus need to keep separate from my personal
> > > libraries. Especially since it employs a different, non compatible,
> > > tagging
> > > style.
> > > 
> > > Now the solution for doing this with digiKam appears to be to create
> > > another database by changing the path in the options. However this is
> > > very
> > > inconvenient when needing to rapidly switch between several libraries a
> > > day/hour. It also does not cover the differences in tag configurations
> > > that
> > > i need. (Being able to tag via hotkey is great, but not feasible when
> > > switching databases.)
> > > 
> > > What is the solution for this? My initial thought was to pass a startup
> > > param with the path to an alternative config, which seems to (have
> > > been)/
> > > be possible on Linux. But I've found no clear documentation on how to do
> > > it. I've also found no way of doing this on Windows, which is important
> > > to
> > > me since my workstation is required to run it.
> > > 
> > > Any ideas? Did i miss something?
> 
>