I’ve heard about LASIM a few times now, this great tool for migrating Lemmy subscriptions from one account to another. I downloaded it from Github recently to try it out… only problem? I have no clue how to get it to run. All the instruction I read online just say “run LASIM” as if it’s that trivial and leave me feeling silly.
Can anyone explain this in terms that I (not an experienced programmer) could understand? Am I missing something really obvious?
Edit; I’m on Windows if that matters
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Are you downloading the compiled version for your OS from the Releases area?
Aha! This was it. Now there is an .exe file I can run. THANK YOU!!
Run the program. You should start out with Download highlighted at the top. Put in your Lemmy instance and credentials where it asks. Hit the Download button, which will download a JSON file - it’ll pull stuff like subscriptions from your Lemmy account. At the top, tab over to Upload. Put in the new instance and credentials, and hit Upload. It should pull the JSON file it created when you downloaded and “set up” your new account you’re migrating to. You’ll still need to go in and adjust some things, but your subscriptions (for example) should be there.
EDIT: To clarify, Download is for downloading your “old” account info, and Upload is for uploading that info to your “new” account.
Run the program.
Yeah, this right here is where the problem is…
My bad. I somehow misread and misunderstood that was the problem. I see someone else helped you get there. Hopefully the rest is easier. 😅
All good, thank you for the detailed write-up!
