Moving digikam from one computer to the other

[Gilles Caulier]

Hi,

Look if this FAQ entry can help you:
https://www.digikam.org/documentation/faq/#how-to-migrate-a-database-between-different-computers

Best regards

Gilles Caulier

Le dim. 30 nov. 2025 à 02:57, <digikam at sritch.com> a écrit :
>
> DK 8.8.0 appimage
>
> I have copied:
> ~/ .config/digikamrc
> ~/ .config/digikam_systemrc
>
> and the dbs
>
> ~/db/digikam4.db
> ~/db/recognition.db
> ~/db/similarity.db
> ~/db/thumbnails-digikam.db
>
> the photos are on the same external usb drive plugged in the other
> computer.
>
> But digikam doesn't recognize the dbs and starts the indexing from
> the photo album.
>
> Which config am I missing?
>
> Thanks
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