[digiKam-users] Second copy of Digikam on Windows 7 PC possible?

Wed Apr 13 06:58:16 BST 2022

Le mer. 13 avr. 2022 à 07:41, Shel Ritter <shelritterbmw at yahoo.com> a
écrit :

> So where do I get a 2nd config file Gilles?
>

Dupplicates original file and change configuration inside. It's a simple
INI text file separated in sections.

> Do I just make a copy of the existing digikamrc file, and then edit it and
> change the 4 local folder paths I see there to a new location?
>
> This is what's in my current digikamrc:
> Database Name=<DriveLetter>:/DigiKam/
> Database Name Face=<DriveLetter>:/DigiKam/
> Database Name Similarity=<DriveLetter>:/DigiKam/
> Database Name Thumbnails=<DriveLetter>:/DigiKam/
>
> Can I just make a copy named digikamrc2 and set:
> Database Name=<DriveLetter>:/2ndConfig/DigiKam/
> Database Name Face=<DriveLetter>:/2ndConfig//DigiKam/
> Database Name Similarity=<DriveLetter>:/2ndConfig//DigiKam/
> Database Name Thumbnails=<DriveLetter>:/2ndConfig//DigiKam/
>
>
exactly...

> And if that's all it takes, and I set the new path to a folder on the
> system where the 2nd library files reside, will that avoid having to copy a
> whole set of duplicates to a new location as was the case for my current
> library?
>
>
Typically, yes. 2 separate databases which will not be in concurrency.

Gilles Caulier

> Thanks for your help on this Gilles.
> Shel
>
> On 4/12/2022 8:29 PM, Gilles Caulier wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> You don't need to install 2 versions of digiKam binary at different places.
>
> You will run the same binary but with 2 different config files passed at
> startup. Use the right option from digikam.exe command line for that.
> Create a desktop icon with right properties to point of digikam.exe and use
> the right CLI options.
>
> At end you must to have 2 digiKam desktop icons pointing on 2 different
> config files
>
> Best
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> Le mer. 13 avr. 2022 à 01:09, Shel Ritter <shelritterbmw at yahoo.com> a
> écrit :
>
>> Thanks again to Gilles for pointing me to the correct DigiKam config
>> file, digikamrc in hopes to set up a batch file for switching between to
>> separate instances of DigiKam in Windows. But I'm still stuck at trying to
>> figure out how to create that 2nd DigiKam installation in Windows to enable
>> switching between the two. I could rind the installer again and select a
>> different folder for the installation, but I'm afraid in the process
>> Windows will overwrite crucial files critical to the 1st installation.
>> Thanks for any thoughts on this.
>> Shel
>>
>> On 4/8/2022 12:33 AM, Frédéric Da Vitoria wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Sorry to interfere here, but I am new to digiKam and I'd like to
>> understand. Unfortunately, the digiKam documentation does not seem to
>> mention command line options.
>>
>> So Gilles, are you saying that Shel should start digiKam with something
>> like
>>
>> digikam.exe --config C:\Users\<user>\Documents\new_digiKam_config.cfg --database-directory
>> C:\Users\<user>\Documents\new_digiKam_db.sqlite
>>
>> and that digiKam will create a new config file and a new database ?
>>
>> Other question: did starting digiKam as Shel did break anything ?
>>
>> Le 08/04/2022 à 08:57, Gilles Caulier a écrit :
>>
>>
>> Not at all. Yolov config file is for face recognition…
>>
>> The digiKam config file is named digikamrc
>>
>> Gilles Caulier
>> Le ven. 8 avr. 2022 à 08:41, Shel Ritter <shelritterbmw at yahoo.com> a
>> écrit :
>>
>>> Thanks for the input Gilles. Looking into the \AppData configuration
>>> folder, it seemed like the config file would have been: yolov3-face.cfg
>>>
>>>  Volume in drive C:
>>>
>>>  Directory of C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\digikam\facesengine
>>>
>>> 10:34 PM    <DIR>          .
>>> 10:34 PM    <DIR>          ..
>>> 08:16 PM            28,092 deploy.prototxt
>>> 10:34 PM                 0 dir.txt
>>> 08:16 PM        31,510,785 openface_nn4.small2.v1.t7
>>> 08:16 PM         5,351,047 res10_300x300_ssd_iter_140000_fp16.caffemodel
>>> 08:16 PM        67,740,572 shapepredictor.dat
>>> 08:16 PM             8,334 yolov3-face.cfg
>>> 08:26 PM       246,305,388 yolov3-wider_16000.weights
>>>    7 File(s)    350,944,218 bytes
>>>
>>> So I ran this, expecting to see my current installation boot:
>>>
>>> digikam.exe --config
>>> C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\digikam\facesengine\yolov3-face.cfg
>>>
>>> Instead DigiKam opened as if it was opening for the 1st time. It just
>>> wasn't recognizing yolov3-face.cfg as a valid config file, and opened as a
>>> fresh installation no matter what file I pointed it to. That initial window
>>> that pops up refers to, "The new location for configuration files is
>>> ~/Local Settings/ ~(old AppData/Local/). But the only Digikam files there
>>> are 2 simple text files in the root AppData/Local/ folder,
>>> digikam_systemrc 45 KB and digikamrc 88KB that the --config command ignores.
>>>
>>> I can't see any other locations where a valid config file might be. And
>>> if the --help output for --database-directory <dir> is referring to a
>>> folder that should literally be named dir somewhere, I couldn't find it.
>>>
>>> Admittedly I'm not great at the technical end of things. 😉
>>>
>>>
>>> On 4/7/2022 10:07 PM, Gilles Caulier wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> the digiKam binary has few option from command line to switch to a
>>> specific configuration file. Under Linux it's easy to do :
>>>
>>> [gilles at localhost 8.x]$ digikam --help
>>> Usage: digikam [options]
>>> Professional Photo Management with the Power of Open Source - A KDE
>>> Family Project
>>>
>>> Options:
>>>  -h, --help                  Displays help on commandline options.
>>>  --help-all                  Displays help including Qt specific
>>> options.
>>>  -v, --version               Displays version information.
>>>  --author                    Show author information.
>>>  --license                   Show license information.
>>>  --desktopfile <file name>   The base file name of the desktop entry for
>>> this
>>>                              application.
>>>  --download-from <path>      Open camera dialog at "path"
>>>  --download-from-udi <udi>   Open camera dialog for the device with
>>> Solid UDI
>>>                              "udi"
>>>  --detect-camera             Automatically detect and open a connected
>>> gphoto2
>>>                              camera
>>>  --database-directory <dir>  Start digikam with the SQLite database file
>>> found
>>>                              in the directory "dir"
>>>  --config <config>           Start digikam with the configuration file
>>>                              "config"
>>> [gilles at localhost 8.x]$
>>>
>>> The option "--config <config>" is the right one for your use case. Look
>>> also "--database-directory <dir>".
>>>
>>> These options are also available under Windows of course. Just call
>>> digikam.exe from a simple Windows batch script must do the stuff.
>>>
>>> Best
>>>
>>> Gilles Caulier
>>>
>>> Le ven. 8 avr. 2022 à 05:18, Shel Ritter <shelritterbmw at yahoo.com> a
>>> écrit :
>>>
>>>> I've had a copy of Digikam installed and working well on my Windows 7
>>>> PC for some time now. Recently I find myself wanting a separate copy of
>>>> Digikam to incorporate an completely different library of photos. Is that
>>>> possible?
>>>>
>>>> I was wondering if that mcould be done by making a copy of the
>>>> \<user>\AppData\Roaming\digikam folder, and uninstalling the program,
>>>> deleting (or just moving) the original data folder, reinstalling it, and
>>>> importing a different folder & sub-folders from a different file library.
>>>> Then just switch the 2 \AppData\ folders when I want to switch between
>>>> libraries. I'm guessing things probably aren't that simple. Is the any
>>>> chance there's a more sophisticated method if possible at all?
>>>>
>>>> I'm also wondering if there's any way to have DigiKam use the existing
>>>> files in the new library instead of copying them all to a separate
>>>> location. My libraries are pretty large.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for any feedback folks.
>>>> Shel
>>>>
>>>
>> --
>> Frédéric Da Vitoria
>>
>>
>>
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