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

Shel Ritter shelritterbmw at yahoo.com
Wed Apr 13 07:14:02 BST 2022


Bueno! Thanks so very much for you input in this my good man. I'll give 
it a go in the mañana.
Shel

On 4/12/2022 10:58 PM, Gilles Caulier wrote:
>
>
> 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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