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

[Tom Rank]

Hi

Many thanks for this very helpful answer. You were right - my Digikam 
version (from the Linux Mint Software Manager) came as a Flatpak, which 
seems similar to Snap. When I deleted it and installed the Appimage, I 
was immediately able to locate my new Pictures directory in the First 
Run Wizard. After a while indexing my images, I was back in business - 
with all the old tags, captions, etc, preserved.

Sorry it's taken a few days to reply - I had two events over the 
weekend, creating 300 new images for my collection.

Best wishes

Tom

On 24/09/2025 19:34, Maik Qualmann wrote:
> 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
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