[digiKam-users] Multiple Libraries on Mac >> Fail

[Peter Orth]

Wow, the online manual has come a long way since 2019 when I first was shopping for a DAM replacement. Nice work Gilles and others!
I recommend that even long-term users take a look, you’re bound to learn something!
https://docs.digikam.org/en/index.html
Peter Orth
310 413 8267

> On Feb 3, 2023, at 9:41 AM, Peter Orth <planetorth at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Salut,Gilles! 
> 
> Thanks again for your thoughtful and thorough response.
> While I understand that the instructions I was working with come from a third party, in my defense,  they are linked from your support page. 
> https://www.digikam.org/support/
> I don’t know if the info is still relevant to non-Mac users, but it seems useless for me!
> 
> I’ll have a go with the multiple collections on the Settings page you kindly linked. 
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> Peter Orth
> 310 413 8267
> 
>> On Feb 2, 2023, at 10:35 PM, Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> First we are (digiKam team) not the authors of this web site's contents...
>> 
>> https://unix.cafe/wp/en/2020/08/how-to-use-multiple-photo-libraries-with-digikam/
>> 
>> 2nd, there are few variables where this kind of scripts can be outdated :
>> 
>> - the version of macOS (I know I've been a Mac user since a long time)
>> - the architecture (M1 or Intel)
>> - the shell script used : BASH --> Apple switched to ZSH in a few years.
>> - the syntax used in the digikam configuration file which can change
>> in time, because the project is alive.
>> 
>> So I recommend not using this kind of workflow on your computer if you
>> are not experienced with low level computer science skills.
>> 
>> So, why not simply use the multiple collections supported in native ?
>> 
>> https://docs.digikam.org/en/setup_application/collections_settings.html#collections-settings
>> 
>> One collection to host your different workflows in the same database ?
>> 
>> Best
>> 
>> Gilles Caulier
>> 
>> Le ven. 3 févr. 2023 à 05:55, Peter Orth <planetorth at gmail.com> a écrit :
>>> 
>>> Greetings!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> First, let me express my gratitude for all the time and energy this community expends on the Digikam project. I tried many candidates to replace my beloved iView/Expressions/MediaPro, Digikam is it.
>>> 
>>> I would very much like to implement multiple libraries on Digikam, as I have different sets of photography with completely different workflows, keyword sets, etc;
>>> a large archive of  work-related jpgs,  thousands of Family pics, Fine Art pics and camera scans of archival negs.
>>> Currently I’m using Digikam for a work-photo DAM and loving it.
>>> 
>>> I read through the instructions at https://unix.cafe/wp/en/2020/08/how-to-use-multiple-photo-libraries-with-digikam/, and decided to try creating multiple libraries.
>>> 
>>> I’m on a Mac M1 OS 13.1. I have worked in Terminal before, but only by dumbly and exactly following instructions. My computer skills are strictly user-oriented. Me on Terminal is like a chimp driving a bus.
>>> Nevertheless, I made a temporary user and went through the process to see if I could get it to work.
>>> The instructions are clear, but I got stuck:
>>> 
>>>>> Step 5, in order to clone the repository I had to DL Xcode first. All 23 GB worth. There may be a better way, but this made the clone command work
>>> Then I got lost trying to find the script that I had just cloned locally in order to modify it as instructed, and finally gave up.
>>> Unlike many of you, I don’t have the skills to understand exactly what I’m doing in this context, so when something is amiss, I get lost easily.
>>> 
>>> All this to say that I consider myself a little bit competent (or at least brave) when it comes to this stuff, and despite staying rational, and carefully folIowing instructions, I was unsuccessful.
>>> 
>>> Could this multi-library functionality be incorporated in a future release? Please?
>>> Could a more idiot-friendly process be mapped out for the likes of me?
>>> What is the solution to my dead end?
>>> 
>>> Thanks for your consideration!
>>> 
>>> Peter Orth
>>> 
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