digiKam doesn't work when album library is on a network share (nfs, samba)

DigiKam freezes when I store my album library on a NFS server, NAS, windows shared folder, etc. What can I do ?

digiKam uses sqlite to store informations about images (tags, comments, rates, ...). Sqlite relies on file locking features provided by filesystems (check this FAQ entry). But, network file systems often have troubles with locking and this can cause unexpected problems with sqlite.

In order to solve this problem, try one of the following workarounds :

• Use a symlink for some albums stored on a network path
• Use a symlink for the sqlite database file. This method is preferred if you want to have all your album library on a network path.

Note: the digiKam team is aware of this problem and is working on it. In the future, it will be possible to use another database backend to solve it.