Darktable (flatpak) doesn't remember previous imports

Software darktable
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Hi all, I’ve been running Darktable 3.6 with as a flatpak on Fedora34 with the --library /path/to/my/library/library.db but it seems that every time I launch Darktable, it has ‘forgotten’ my previous imports.

Luckily I have the xmp’s, but I find it tedious to reimport the images every time.

Has somebody else this experience? Is it a bug or a flatpak security feature?

I’m fairly new to Linux as a Desktop OS and flatpaks, so please forgive me as I might aks stupid questions. Yes, I do know that Darktable is in the Fedora repo, I’m just curious going the flatpak route.

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I think it’s some kind of sandbox problem (but I don’t use flatpaks for much, so never had issues): Sandbox Permissions — Flatpak documentation

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Do you launch it like this every time? What is the actual library path?

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Hi, yes I launch this from a terminal “flatpak run org.darktable.darktable --library /home/etc/etc/2021.db”
(by heart)

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And when you do that there are no images in your library?

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Correct

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Do you see skulls in light table view or is it just completely empty?

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No skulls, completely empty.
It does remember the name of the collection and film roll, but nothing shows up.
It also has remembered the styles I created (if this might be of any help)

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Can you post a full screen shot?

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Oh shoot!
Forget what I said, I noticed an error in my path to my library…
It’s all working fine :blush:

Strange that DT did start after all

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Not really, it’ll just create a new library if one isn’t there.