Unable to tell Digikam my pictures location now I've moved them to a new disk

[Maik Qualmann]

You're probably using digiKam with a Snap package. Snap uses a sandbox, and 
you only have access to your home directory. Snap is completely useless for 
digiKam.
If your distribution doesn't provide a native digiKam package, use our 
AppImage, built with all the features. Simply download the AppImage and make 
it executable and run it.

Maik

Am Mittwoch, 24. September 2025, 14:03:24 Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit schrieb 
Tom Rank:
> Hi
> 
> Having been a happy user of Digikam on Linux Mint for several years, I'm
> now having trouble after I've moved my pictures to a new hard drive as I
> need the extra space for the growing collection. Digikam seems unable to
> see my pictures directory. (My home directory and all other documents
> remain on the original disk, it's only 'Pictures' that I've moved.)
> 
> Digikam is Version 8.7.0
> 
> Pictures are now stored on a new NVMe drive in:
> 
> /mnt/624bff2d-a499-40ff-985d-2ba2d8e9642a/Pictures [that long string is
> the UUID of the disk, which is also how it's shown in the directory browser]
> 
> This disk is mounted on system startup so it's available straight away.
> 
> I followed the advice to delete this file:
> 
> /.var/app/org.kde.digikam/config/digikamrc
> 
> I then get the same message each time from Digikam's first run wizard,
> asking me to specify where the pictures are stored. Unfortunately, it's
> impossible to tell Digikam where the Pictures directory now is [see
> above] - I can't browse to it in the Digikam window, nor can I paste in
> the location, even though it says I can choose any folder
> 
> 'Find directory' shows the system folder but NOT mnt, even though that's
> clearly there in the Linux Mint computer directory - for the Digikam
> list, there's just media, then proc, missing out both the mnt and opt
> directories
> 
> 'The folder to use as the root album path does not exist' (it does).
> 
> What am I doing wrong?
> 
> Tom Rank
> 
> Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon