[digiKam-users] repointing new 7.5 upgrade to old 6.0 collection with existing files

[Ty Mayn]

Thanks for reciting all the places I have  to learn about.
Is it fair to say that each of these other config file duties can be
satisfied by the default file that willl be created in the new install?
  I would love to hear your brief summary of the duties of each of these
config files!!
THe larger corollary question:
 Is it fair to say that digikamrc as the primary INI is all that is needed
to tie the digikam4 database and thumbnails to  an unchanged collection?

This should preserve:
a tag collection and mapping of tags to images
1 or more album collections (that should have unchanged recursive folders)
indexes to display prepared thumbnails

Thanks Ty



On Thu, Jan 27, 2022, 4:08 AM Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> yes there are more config files for digiKam, but the most important is the
> INI based config file digikamrc:
>
> [F] C:/Users/_account_/AppData//Local/digikamrc
> [F] C:/Users/_account_/AppData//Local/digikamsystemrc
> [F] C:/Users/_account_/AppData//Local/digikamtagsmanagerrc
> [F] C:/Users/_account_/AppData//Local/showfotorc
>
> [D] C:/Users/_account_/AppData//Local/digikam/
> [D] C:/Users/_account_/AppData/Roaming/digikam/
> [D] C:/Users/_account_/AppData/Roaming/showfoto/
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
>
> Le mer. 26 janv. 2022 à 16:52, Ty Mayn <tyrus.mayn at gmail.com> a écrit :
>
>>  I see that another way of hiding a working program and collection during
>> the transition to a new version is to create a new user and segregate until
>> the new version is proven.
>>     It seems to me that hiding the digikamrc file alone is sufficient to
>> let the new program show its true colors.
>> But let me return to the events of a new install
>> 1. will the install process seek to use the same "digiKam" folder in
>> Program Files
>>      if so I will ask the install to go somewhere else
>> 2. digikamrc    Is there any other file which is serving as the
>> persistent memory of chosen display and behavior variables for digikam?
>>          Does the installation code ask for install to probe for
>> digikamrc  and inherit/preserve any settings that have been chosen within
>> older version operations?
>>          Does installation look in /User/user/AppData/Local for at least
>> on occurrence of a digikamrc (evidence of a preexisting install)?
>>          Are there any other files for persistence of program
>> config,behavior, or carryover data?
>>       Would it not be sufficient to just hide digikamrc away from
>> /user/AppData/Local  during a new install
>>      and then edit the newly arrived digikamrc for the database path
>> statements?
>>    I am OK with having a clean slate of default  config variables in the
>> newly delivered digikamrc
>>
>> 3. database files    I hope that digikam installation does not go probing
>> through a hard drive looking for possible collections or recognizable names
>> of database files.     I much prefer to point a program to its place of
>> work.
>>     So perhaps I dont have to "hide" the database files  or temporarily
>> move them off of the drive as I intended in the plan at the top of this
>> thread.  So if the install program is not aggressive about automatically
>> searching for existing database in all readable folders  then I can
>> temporarily hide the database files  simply by not offering a digikamrc file
>>
>>        Hiding the entire user is one way to hide the digikamrc file
>> ....is that the only critical file to hide  to get a new config?
>> Thanks
>> Ty
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:33 AM Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> To be sure to not break something in config files, I recommend to create
>>> a new user account, and to start digiKam 7.5.0 from this account as well
>>> without touching all settings from the original account. Like this there is
>>> no risk of losing/breaking something.
>>>
>>> Best
>>>
>>> Gilles Caulier
>>>
>>> Le mer. 26 janv. 2022 à 06:24, Ty Mayn <tyrus.mayn at gmail.com> a écrit :
>>>
>>>> Now returned to digikam, It's time to upgrade from 6.0 to7.5
>>>> Unfortunately I have to use windows10 for the benefit of a non linux
>>>> collaborator.
>>>> i have looked but not found a howto on upgrade. Can I describe my
>>>> strategy and receive warning away from any wrong assumptions.
>>>>       I plan to install new 7.5 with all evidence of the old 6.0 hidden.
>>>> I will hide the existing config file digikamrc and the 4 database files.
>>>>  After the install, I guess I will find a new default digikamrc in the
>>>> path
>>>> User/AppData/Local (if that default has not changed)
>>>>     I expect to be greeted by a welcome wizard that will ask to point
>>>> to some brand new folders to become albumsbut rather than follow the wizard:
>>>>    I hope to return the database files into their original location
>>>> specified in the older digikam RC
>>>>     I plan to examine the new config file and pause to compare some of
>>>> its config variables compared to the older.
>>>>    Then  manually edit the path variables in digikamrc which point to
>>>> the  database files.
>>>>        I am not trying to circumvent any tools that might be in the
>>>> wizard and  may be its not oriented to starting up an all new album
>>>> collection from scratch.
>>>>       I am guessing the database files can serve the new version and
>>>> may change or be repaired with  ongoing use  (unless warned away)
>>>>     This seems to be a worthwhile approach for pointing a new program
>>>> install to an existing collection..... unless this helpful list warns me in
>>>> other directions.
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Ty
>>>>
>>>
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