migration data base

[Remco Viëtor]

On vendredi 7 juillet 2023 12:57:39 CEST tomtom wrote:
> I want to move from windows(digikam 7.3) to ubuntu(digikam 8.0) on a
> new computer.
> I move all my images but i want to move tag and face tag on the new
> ubuntu computer.
> it's why I try to migrate the database. May be I do wrong?
> Best thomas
>
If you still have the Windows installation, you can try to write xmp files 
there, then move every over to the new machine and rebuild the databases.

But that will take time, a lot of time if you have a large image collection...

Remco
> Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin at gmail.com> a écrit :
> > You are using Ubuntu's useless digiKam Snap package. Snap is a closed
> > container and has a sandbox. In addition, the Ubuntu Snap package does not
> > include MySQL support and therefore the migration tool is not available.
> > 
> > Use our AppImage under Ubuntu.
> > 
> > Note: the migration tool is only required if you want to switch databases
> > to SQLite <==> MySQL.
> > 
> > Maik
> > 
> > Am Donnerstag, 6. Juli 2023, 23:23:01 CEST schrieb tomtom:
> >> hello
> >> Where is Settings ‣ Database Migration in digikam 8.0.0 on ubuntu 20.04?
> >> In my digikam there is no data migration in the setting like it's say
> >> in the documentation.
> >> Best thomaS