[digiKam-users] move from package to appimage

[Jim Dory-2]

I'm trying to see if I can get rid of qtwebengine off my gentoo distribution and wondering if I go with the appimage instead of the included package, which I'm running, would not create any problems? I assume I could just point the appimage to my database and image directories and all would be fine. Many thanks for the great program. Not sure if I'm overlooking anything.

/jim

[Michael Moore]

Jim,

As an anecdote, I started with Digikam 7.1 on Debian (with an external MySQL database) and switched to the 7.2 appimage. I haven't experienced any problems.

Oftentimes software updates bring 1-way database updates – meaning I personally wouldn't try downgrading back to 7.1 again – but I don't know if that's the case for Digikam between these version numbers. 

I would recommend making a backup of your database before switching, just in case.

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Michael

 

On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 8:14 PM Jim Dory <[hidden email]> wrote:

I'm trying to see if I can get rid of qtwebengine off my gentoo distribution and wondering if I go with the appimage instead of the included package, which I'm running, would not create any problems? I assume I could just point the appimage to my database and image directories and all would be fine. Many thanks for the great program. Not sure if I'm overlooking anything.

/jim

[Jim Dory-2]

Thanks Michael!

On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 5:31 AM Michael Moore <[hidden email]> wrote:

Jim,

As an anecdote, I started with Digikam 7.1 on Debian (with an external MySQL database) and switched to the 7.2 appimage. I haven't experienced any problems.

Oftentimes software updates bring 1-way database updates – meaning I personally wouldn't try downgrading back to 7.1 again – but I don't know if that's the case for Digikam between these version numbers. 

I would recommend making a backup of your database before switching, just in case.

--

Michael

 

On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 8:14 PM Jim Dory <[hidden email]> wrote:

I'm trying to see if I can get rid of qtwebengine off my gentoo distribution and wondering if I go with the appimage instead of the included package, which I'm running, would not create any problems? I assume I could just point the appimage to my database and image directories and all would be fine. Many thanks for the great program. Not sure if I'm overlooking anything.

/jim