[digiKam-users] 'MySQL Internal' on MacOS 10.14 (Mojave) from mac pkg installer

[Gilles Caulier]

Hi Gary,

You must make a try to new stable 7.3.0. I use it on my MacBook pro 2015
(intel) with Internal Mysql support without problem. MacOS is 11.4, but PKG
still compatible with 10.13 version.

Note: 7.3.0 PKG is missing from the download area, but i will fix it today.

Best regards

Gilles Caulier

Le mer. 14 juil. 2021 à 10:14, Gary <gazola01 at iinet.net.au> a écrit :

> I recently installed digiKam 7.2.0 (DK) on MacOS 10.14.6 (SQLite
> database). I have 175,000+ images (have not yet scanned them all into DK),
> and noted that MySQL is recommended for large collections. I decided to
> migrate to the ‘MySQL Internal’ option.
>
> The 2 specified binaries ‘mysql_install_db’ & ‘mysqld’ were ticked in the
> migration window. I rec’d the following error msg:
>
>
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> *An error occurred during the internal server start.Details: Could not
> start database initializer.Executable:
> /Applications/digiKam.org/digikam.app/Contents/lib/mariadb/bin/mysql_install_db
> <http://digiKam.org/digikam.app/Contents/lib/mariadb/bin/mysql_install_db>Arguments:
> --defaults-file=/Applications/digiKam.org/digikam.app/Contents/Resources/digikam/database/mysql-global.conf
> <http://digiKam.org/digikam.app/Contents/Resources/digikam/database/mysql-global.conf>,
> --basedir=/Applications/digiKam.org/digikam.app/Contents/
> <http://digiKam.org/digikam.app/Contents/>,
> --datadir=/Users/xxxxxx/Pictures/digikam_mysql_db_folder/.mysql.digikam/db_dataProcess
> error: Unknown error*
> I had to uninstall & re-install DK as it would no longer launch
> successfully. Have reverted to DK's SQLite database for now.
>
> I’ve read docs, FAQ’s and searched many forums without getting a clear
> answer.
>
> Is there a way to achieve a ‘MySQL Internal’ config after installing on
> MacOS 10.14.6 from the current mac pkg file?
>
> Installing MacPorts seems to potentially introduce other issues re old
> versions, performance, etc. (I may be wrong on this).
>
> I have chosen DK after a long (expensive) search trying many image
> organisers… I’m very impressed with DK’s design. It is the *only* image
> organiser that I’ve found that might successfully replace Picasa, which
> I’ve been using for many, many years.
>
> Congratulations on the huge effort which has led to DK being such a good
> product.
>
> To sum up… is there a way to achieve a ‘MySQL Internal’ config after
> installing on MacOS 10.14.6 from the current mac pkg file?
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Gary
>
>
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