database migration between different machines

[George Koulomzin]

It's the phrase "The image collections must be located in the same 
folder structure" in your reply to Antonio that got me wondering?  Maybe 
I misunderstood....

On 11/17/2025 9:41 PM, George Koulomzin wrote:
> Maik,
>
> What are the consequences of having the collections on a windows 
> network drive with SQLite.  It seems to work for me, but I want to 
> make sure there are no nasty surprises later on....
>
> George
>
> On 11/17/2025 3:17 PM, Maik Qualmann wrote:
>> If it's an SQLite database, simply copy the digiKam4.db file. The image
>> collections must be located in the same folder structure. Update the 
>> base path
>> using the "Update" function in the digiKam collection settings.
>>
>> Maik
>>
>> Am Montag, 17. November 2025, 11:57:13 Mitteleuropäische Normalzeit 
>> schrieb
>> Antonio Angelo:
>>> Hi all!
>>> I want to migrate databases from a Ubuntu 24 notebook with Digikam 
>>> 8.7 to a
>>> new prepared Debian 13 PC. I just installed Digikam 8.8 to Debian 13 
>>> PC and
>>> would like to have the same tags and images infos of the other DK 8.7
>>> installation. How to proceed?
>>> Thank you in advance.
>>> -- 
>>> Antonio Angelo
>>>
>>> Inviato con la posta elettronica sicura [Proton
>>> Mail](https://proton.me/mail/home).
>>
>>
>>
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