[gpodder] Re: Question: Changing default Download Folder

  • From: Xavier Guillot <Valeryan_24@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: gpodder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 15:39:26 +0200

Thanks Thomas for the quick answer.
So I made a backup of all my podcasts, then added in last line of .bashrc : export GPODDER_HOME=/mnt/Disk-1L/Loisirs/gPodder/ 

I created a folder named gPodder on /mnt/Disk-1L/Loisirs/

I ran the gpodder-migrate2tres script
All was OK, it took all content from /mnt/Disk-1L/Loisirs/Podcasts and moved it to /mnt/Disk-1L/Loisirs/gPodder/Downloads 

The (normally) converted database is now on /mnt/Disk-1L/Loisirs/gPodder/

Fine.
But when I run Gpodder after this, it does not apply the new settings, it still goes to /home/gPodder
So podcasts list is empty at startup, if I import my opml file it only sees new episodes, not my entire database, and cretaes a Downloads folder in /home/gPodder
If I delete this whole folder /home/gPodder it is recreated at next gPodder startup... 

So I surely missed something : but what ?

Thanks again for your help !

Xavier


On 28/05/2012 10:24, Thomas Perl wrote:

Hi,

2012/5/28 Xavier Guillot <Valeryan_24@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

"If you want gPodder to download files in another directory, change the
GPODDER_HOME environment variable." : sorry, I do not know what it means.
What and where is GPODDER_HOME environment variable and how to mofify it,
please ? Is it in .bashrc file ? I am on Ubuntu 12.04

Yes, you can put it into your .bashrc like that:

export GPODDER_HOME=/mnt/Disk-1L/Loisirs/gPodder/


I also read that I have to do a symlink between
/mnt/Disk-1L/Loisirs/Podcasts and /home/valeryan24/gPodder/Downloads : is it
true, and what is the command ? ln -s and which order ?

Yes, that's the alternative to setting GPODDER_HOME on Linux:

ln -s /mnt/Disk-1L/Loisirs/Podcasts ~/gPodder

Be sure to backup your downloads and database just in case.


HTH :)
Thomas

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