[digiKam-users] after installation database error (MacOS)

[truecolor]

Hello,

I have installed digiKam 7.2.0 on my macOS 10.13.6.

When I start the app, I get the following message:

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Error while opening the database.
digiKam will try to automatically reconnect to the database.
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I had previously installed an older version in the past that I didn't know
about.
When I acknowledge the upper message, I get the second message

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Failed to open the database.
You cannot use digicam without working database...
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After confirmation I get the small start window of digiKam for one second.

After that an error report.

Please support




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[Sebastian Beer]

Maybe you want to delete the previous database and start with a new one? By default tThe database is located in your Picture folder and consists of three or four files.

Sebastian

Am Mi., 14. Apr. 2021 um 15:05 Uhr schrieb truecolor <[hidden email]>:

Hello,

I have installed digiKam 7.2.0 on my macOS 10.13.6.

When I start the app, I get the following message:

-----
Error while opening the database.
digiKam will try to automatically reconnect to the database.
-----

I had previously installed an older version in the past that I didn't know
about.
When I acknowledge the upper message, I get the second message

-----
Failed to open the database.
You cannot use digicam without working database...
-----

After confirmation I get the small start window of digiKam for one second.

After that an error report.

Please support




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[truecolor]

Hello Sebastian and thank you for your quick reply.

I have no local photos / pictures.

I searched my entire startup volume for keywords like:

database
digikam

Nothing is found that could point to a database.

- Where are the database paths of digikam stored?

- How can I cleanly delete digiKam so that any "old" path information that
may exist is safely deleted?




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Le 14/04/2021 à 17:43, truecolor a écrit :

> - Where are the database paths of digikam stored?

where you asked it to store then at start. See in config database nemu

jdd

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[truecolor]

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hello jdd,

immediately after the start digiKam closes again. Therefore I can not look
in the config.


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Bonjour JDD,

immédiatement après le démarrage, digiKam se referme. Je ne peux donc pas
regarder dans la configuration


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hallo jdd,

unmittelbar nach dem Start schließt sich digiKam wieder. Daher kann ich
nicht in der Config nachschauen.



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[Gilles Caulier-4]

Hi,

Under MacOS, digiKam config file is located at : ~/Library/Preferences/digikamrc

Gilles Caulier

Le mer. 14 avr. 2021 à 18:10, truecolor <[hidden email]> a écrit :

----------------EN

hello jdd,

immediately after the start digiKam closes again. Therefore I can not look
in the config.


----------------FR

Bonjour JDD,

immédiatement après le démarrage, digiKam se referme. Je ne peux donc pas
regarder dans la configuration


----------------DE

hallo jdd,

unmittelbar nach dem Start schließt sich digiKam wieder. Daher kann ich
nicht in der Config nachschauen.



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[truecolor]

Hello Gilles,

in the hole folder ~/Library/Preferences/ (incl. subfolders) is neither a
file nor a path, who sounds similar like digiKam.




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[Gilles Caulier-4]

'~' is your home directory. Typically on my MacBook pro, it's /Users/gilles/...

Gilles Caulier

Le mer. 14 avr. 2021 à 18:26, truecolor <[hidden email]> a écrit :

Hello Gilles,

in the hole folder ~/Library/Preferences/ (incl. subfolders) is neither a
file nor a path, who sounds similar like digiKam.




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[truecolor]

touché, now I found some entries e.g. digikamrc :

In Section "Database Settings" I found following informations

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[Database Settings]
Database Connectoptions=
Database Hostname=
Database Name=/Volumes/SSD/DB/
Database Name Face=/Volumes/SSD/DB/
Database Name Thumbnails=/Volumes/SSD/DB/
Database Password=
Database Port=-1
Database Type=QSQLITE
Database Username=
Internal Database Server=false
Internal Database Server Mysql Init Command=
Internal Database Server Mysql Server Command=
Internal Database Server Path=

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The folder "DB/" is obsolet and deleted.




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[truecolor]

With this informations I renamed the config-file digikamrc to digikamrc.txt,
deinstalled the app and installed it again and ... now digikam works.

perfect !!!

puh ... many thanks for all your helps.




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