Hello everyone, I am having the following issue with Amarok: to enable access to the music directory from all accounts, I created a shared /home/music directory (readable by every user). I also tried creating a symbolic link from my /home/user. Neither worked: in Configure/Local Collection, the GUI only shows my /home/user and does not see either the /home/music or the symbolic link in /home/user/music. How can I fix this to access my music files in Amarok? I am using version 3.1.1. Thank you for your help.
I tested myself and was able to see both /home/anotherdir and a linked /home/user/linktoanotherdir in GUI, so seems to be something system specific. Are you using a flatpak version of Amarok?
Hi. Thanks for your answer. Yes, i actually use the flatpak version (amarok 3.1.1).
Okay. Not an expert on flatpaks, I think the issue is caused by flatpak permissions (app not having permission to access anything outside home directory or something like that). Maybe someone more familiar with flatpak internals can comment / provide ideas how to work around?
Sorry if this isn’t relevant or if you’ve already taken care of this, but…
When you mentioned that you made your /home/music directory readable by every user, it just made me think - did you also set the execute permission for every user?
That would be needed for an application to really be able to get a full listing out of the files contained within (and each file contained within would also need to be readable, of course).
Hello and happy new year 2025!
I tested today by passing full rights (chmod -R 777) on the /home/music directory without success.
I also added the specific permissions for the amarok flatpak on this directory (using flatpak override org.kde.amarok --filesystem=/home/music), without change on the behavior of amarok.
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Good news.
Finally after making the previous changes (chmod + flatpak specific permissions) then reinstall the flatpak and reboot it works !
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Ran across this as I had the same problem. I did the items you did, except re-installing, and it worked! I’m a happy camper.