Two Autonomous DigiKams on a Windows System?

[Gilles Caulier]

Note : config files are hosted at these places :

https://docs.digikam.org/en/getting_started/installation.html#configuration-files

Gilles Caulier

Le dim. 21 janv. 2024 à 13:38, Gilles Caulier
<caulier.gilles at gmail.com> a écrit :
>
> Hi,
>
> There are 2 solution to your request :
>
> 1/ uses 2 accounts where the application settings will be hosted in
> different home directory.
> 2/ uses the CLI "--config" option of digiKam :
>
> $ 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"
>
> Best
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> Le sam. 20 janv. 2024 à 23:24, <plowmail2010 at gmail.com> a écrit :
> >
> > Windows 7
> > DigiKam 8.2.0
> >
> > I'd like to set up two DigiKam environments on the same system, with separate databases and image files.
> >
> > Would that require juggling digikamrc files, one for each environment, perhaps by switching a soft link between two digikamrc files?
> > After setting up the first environment, how would I start DigiKam "clean", i.e. with no knowledge of history?
> >
> > Bob D
> >
> >