http://digikam.185.s1.nabble.com/about-library-path-tp1735203p1735206.html
you'll find similar requests. I suggest to add _why_ you like/need this
>
> I have a couple of wishes that IMHO could make digikam even more usable than
> now.
>
> I have two folders in which I store images on my computer: one
> is /media/Images, which is managed by the root user and on which I have only
> read access. The other is in my home folder, and of course I can do what I
> want there.
>
> Now, digikam is quite annoying in this scenario for a couple of reasons:
>
> - the choice of the library path is very "static", while I would like to
> switch very fast from one directory to another. Maybe a document logic could
> help here...
>
> - I cannot switch to a library path where I don't have write access (at least
> with digikam 0.7.4). I know there are some good reasons beyond this, but I
> think that this is very limiting!!! There are a lot of nice digikam features,
> like browsing, searching, slideshow, set as wallpaper, etc... that are
> perfectly compatible with a read only library path!
>
> I don't know whether these features would be to difficult to implement or if
> they're been dealt with in the beta version of digikam, anyway this is my
> wish list.
>
> Thanks
>
> Domenico
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