Re: [Gramps-users] I think I must be missing something VERY basic here ...

[Doug B. <dou...@gm...>]

On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 2:44 PM, Allan Topp <ad...@nc...> wrote:
> I am trying - and I have to say failing miserably - to transfer my
> GRAMPS stuff to a new computer.
>
> Export from the old works fine ... giving me a .gkpg file.
>
> Import of the .gkpg file also works fine.
>
> I've messed around with the "Base path for relative media paths"
> followed by the "Replace substrings in the path" instructions ... but I
> have not been able to do what I want to do.
>
> Which, simply, is to have a file folder on the Desktop which contains
> all my and GRAMPS' files.  Media and otherwise.
>
> So!  Some gentle BUT FIRM hand holding please.
>
> What do I need to do to get "everything" in ~/Desktop/foldername?

As mentioned, you don't want "everything"... you just need to
understand what the .gpkg file as and how to use it.

When you import from a gpkg file, it unpacks the media into a folder
(in your home I think) that has the fullpath replicated in a series of
directories. For example, if you import my_family.gpkg, you may have a
folder structure like:

/home/yourid/my_family.media/home/yourid/files/...
/home/yourid/my_family.media/usr/local/files/...

This will copy wherever you have files referenced, replicating the structure.

After import, you need to change your base Media Path to this folder,
and then everything will be fine.

To better deal with this, I make sure all of my media is in one
directory. If I import a gpkg, I move the newly created media
directory to a standard location.

(If this seems too confusing, I agree, and hope to make Gramps a bit
more friendly in integrating media).

Hope that helps,

-Doug


> Thanks VERY MUCH in advance.
>
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