[digiKam-users] migrate settings to a new machine

[Gilles Caulier]

Hi,

If you use snap, there are probably sandboxing restrictions as with Flatpak.

https://snapcraft.io/docs/security-policy-and-sandboxing

Else the main digiKam settings file is located in
/home/_users_/.config/digikamrc

Best

Gilles Caulier

Le lun. 7 mars 2022 à 06:56, Ronald Roth <loup at lo-cal.org> a écrit :

> I recently swapped out my SSD in my PC with a new one.  I'd like to
> transfer all of my old settings to my new SSD.
>
> I copied over the entire ~.config directory, which contains my digikamrc
> file.  I used snap to install and run digikam, so I also copied over the
> entire ~/snap directory.  I expected that when I launched digikam, it
> would read that config file and all of my previous settings would be
> preserved.  However, instead, Digikam wants to make me go through the
> entire first-time-use dialog.
>
> I've also got the database files (main, thumbs, etc) and all of my media
> files at the exact same paths as my previous installation.
>
> How do I make digikam believe this is an existing installation rather
> than a new one?
>
>
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