[digiKam-users] Migrating from Digikam 4 to 6

[J D]

Does the migration tool move the picture files or make copies of them? Is
it possible to do the migration in-place?

BR,
angrdtsk

la 16. tammik. 2021 klo 15.40 Gilles Caulier (caulier.gilles at gmail.com)
kirjoitti:

> Le sam. 16 janv. 2021 à 14:25, J D <angrdtsk at gmail.com> a écrit :
> >
> > Hi, and thanks for quick reply,
> >
> > I got Digikam 6.4 along with a Linux distro, so updating it may not be
> that simple.
>
> We provide an universal Linux AppImage bundle. There is nothing to
> install, it does not install anything. AppImage is just a simple
> executable which uncompresses the whole dependencies in a virtual disk
> in memory and runs the application using chroot.
>
> It's simple to use.
>
> Just to be sure, backup all your database files previously, in case of...
>
> >
> > Do I have any options in addition to using the migration tool?
>
> No, because we have fixed more than 1300 bugs since the 6.x release,
> so it will be complicated to resume all problems from previous
> releases.
>
> >
> > What would be the preferred (hopefully future-proof) solution for this
> case?
> >
>
> This kind of huge migration must be performed carefully. This is my
> recommandations:
>
> 1/ Backup databases in all cases.
> 2/ Change Setup/metadata/xmp sidecar option and create a new XMP
> sidecar file for all images. Use Maintenance tool.
> 3/ Stop digiKam and remove your previous database.
> 4/ start the new 7.2.0 appimage. It will ask to recreate the database
> from scratch scanning collection (especially XMP sidecar).
> 5/ Let's start the scan and take a coffee.
>
> Alternative, more faster of course :
>
> 1/ Backup databases in all cases.
> 2/ run migration database tool
> 3/ setup original DB and target DB.
> 4/ process migration and take a coffee.
>
> I always processed the first solution with my huge familly collection
> (250Mb on SSD with sqlite).
>
> Best
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
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