Digikam appimage

[AndriusWild]

Hello,

I am wondering where digikamrc and any configuration files being stored when I am using an appimage. I have never used one before. It looks for me like a portable version of a program which is great but if I download 5.5.0 in future am I going to lose my configuration files?

Please advise.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

[Gilles Caulier-4]

Hi,

You lost nothing. Appimage is a bundle, a stand alone digiKam with all requirements embedbed in a virtual FS loaded in memory (FuseFS).

You run it as well, the FS is decompressed in local (into /tmp), and nothing is installed on the system. No need root right.

About setting, RC file still created/updated into your home directory, as a system based digiKam.

Best

Gilles Caulier

2017-01-16 15:24 GMT+01:00 Andrey Goreev <[hidden email]>:

Hello,

I am wondering where digikamrc and any configuration files being stored when I am using an appimage. I have never used one before. It looks for me like a portable version of a program which is great but if I download 5.5.0 in future am I going to lose my configuration files?

Please advise.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

[AndriusWild]

Hi Gilles

Thanks for the explanations. Is an appimage working any slower compare to a regular installation?

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

-------- Original message --------

From: Gilles Caulier <[hidden email]>

Date: 2017-01-16 8:04 AM (GMT-07:00)

To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the power of open source <[hidden email]>

Subject: Re: Digikam appimage

Hi,

You lost nothing. Appimage is a bundle, a stand alone digiKam with all requirements embedbed in a virtual FS loaded in memory (FuseFS).

You run it as well, the FS is decompressed in local (into /tmp), and nothing is installed on the system. No need root right.

About setting, RC file still created/updated into your home directory, as a system based digiKam.

Best

Gilles Caulier

2017-01-16 15:24 GMT+01:00 Andrey Goreev <[hidden email]>:

Hello,

I am wondering where digikamrc and any configuration files being stored when I am using an appimage. I have never used one before. It looks for me like a portable version of a program which is great but if I download 5.5.0 in future am I going to lose my configuration files?

Please advise.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

[Gilles Caulier-4]

No. Excepted the startup which require to uncompress the virtual FS, but to be honest, on recent computer, it's not visible.

Another point : unlike an user report that file save from Editor do not work, this problem is not reproducible here...

https://www.digikam.org/node/764#comment-21336

Gilles Caulier

2017-01-16 16:26 GMT+01:00 Andrey Goreev <[hidden email]>:

Hi Gilles

Thanks for the explanations. Is an appimage working any slower compare to a regular installation?

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

-------- Original message --------

From: Gilles Caulier <[hidden email]>

Date: 2017-01-16 8:04 AM (GMT-07:00)

To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the power of open source <[hidden email]>

Subject: Re: Digikam appimage

Hi,

You lost nothing. Appimage is a bundle, a stand alone digiKam with all requirements embedbed in a virtual FS loaded in memory (FuseFS).

You run it as well, the FS is decompressed in local (into /tmp), and nothing is installed on the system. No need root right.

About setting, RC file still created/updated into your home directory, as a system based digiKam.

Best

Gilles Caulier

2017-01-16 15:24 GMT+01:00 Andrey Goreev <[hidden email]>:

Hello,

I am wondering where digikamrc and any configuration files being stored when I am using an appimage. I have never used one before. It looks for me like a portable version of a program which is great but if I download 5.5.0 in future am I going to lose my configuration files?

Please advise.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

[AndriusWild]

I have noticed that digikam appimage comes without an icon.

Something must be broken...

Just an FYI.

On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 9:53 AM, Gilles Caulier <[hidden email]> wrote:

No. Excepted the startup which require to uncompress the virtual FS, but to be honest, on recent computer, it's not visible.

Another point : unlike an user report that file save from Editor do not work, this problem is not reproducible here...

https://www.digikam.org/node/764#comment-21336

Gilles Caulier

2017-01-16 16:26 GMT+01:00 Andrey Goreev <[hidden email]>:

Hi Gilles

Thanks for the explanations. Is an appimage working any slower compare to a regular installation?

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

-------- Original message --------

From: Gilles Caulier <[hidden email]>

Date: 2017-01-16 8:04 AM (GMT-07:00)

To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the power of open source <[hidden email]>

Subject: Re: Digikam appimage

Hi,

You lost nothing. Appimage is a bundle, a stand alone digiKam with all requirements embedbed in a virtual FS loaded in memory (FuseFS).

You run it as well, the FS is decompressed in local (into /tmp), and nothing is installed on the system. No need root right.

About setting, RC file still created/updated into your home directory, as a system based digiKam.

Best

Gilles Caulier

2017-01-16 15:24 GMT+01:00 Andrey Goreev <[hidden email]>:

Hello,

I am wondering where digikamrc and any configuration files being stored when I am using an appimage. I have never used one before. It looks for me like a portable version of a program which is great but if I download 5.5.0 in future am I going to lose my configuration files?

Please advise.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

[Dan Dascalescu]

On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 12:58 PM, Andrey Goreev <[hidden email]> wrote:

I have noticed that digikam appimage comes without an icon.

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=375108