Hello! I am trying to use kphotoalbum, (v. 5.6.1 in Ubuntu/Gnome) but 98% of my image archive is read-only for security purposes. It seems the application is hard-coded to drop the XML into the top-level folder rather than, say /home/jaimezx/.kphotoalbum. It seems like this could be an option to change in the Settings menu, but I will also concede the developers may have a reason for not doing it that way. Thanks for your time! STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. 2. 3. OBSERVED RESULT EXPECTED RESULT SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: macOS: Linux/KDE Plasma: (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: KDE Frameworks Version: Qt Version: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Hello! I am trying to use kphotoalbum, (v. 5.6.1 in Ubuntu/Gnome) but 98% of my image archive is read-only for security purposes. It seems the application is hard-coded to drop the XML into the top-level folder rather than, say /home/jaimezx/.kphotoalbum. Unfortunately since the application cannot save to the image directory it just errors-out. It seems to me the database location could be an option to change in the Settings menu, but I will also concede the developers may have a reason for not doing it that way. Thanks for your time!
Hi! This is currently a known limitation in KPhotoAlbum. There are plans to change this, though not of the highest priority. In the meantime, you can work around the limitation by having a writable image database folder and using a symbolic link to the read-only image archive directory. I will update this bug report once the limitation is addressed properly. Cheers, Johannes