Problem importing bookmarks

[mike2003]

I installed Linkace in docker/ubuntu and I have no experience in tuning Linux. When importing I get an error:
Something went wrong while trying to import the bookmarks. Please consult the application logs.
In the log I see several such messages
production.ERROR: SQLSTATE[42S02]: Base table or view not found: 1146 Table 'linkace.settings' doesn't exist (SQL: select * from settings where user_id is null)

And what should I do with it now?

[Kovah]

If you have several issues in the logs, please post them all here. If there are sensitive details in it, remove them.

[mike2003]

These are 9 identical messages.

[Kovah]

production.ERROR: SQLSTATE[42S02]: Base table or view not found: 1146 Table 'linkace.settings' doesn't exist (SQL: select * from settings where user_id is null)

There should be date and time at the beginning of each line. Could you please check if date and time line up with the time you started the import. Those errors should usually not pop up when running the import.

[mike2003]

Please consult the application logs.
These are the last lines of the log, there is nothing else. I tried on ubuntu server and desktop. Both imports don't work. Same error.

[mike2003]

If these are not those errors, then in which log should I look for them? What is "application logs"?

[Kovah]

If the logs are empty, it means that there was no specific issue but no links were found in the imported file.
Which export did you want to import? From Chrome or another browser?

[mike2003]

I added a link, made an export to CSV, then an import (to check) - there is an error!

[Kovah]

Why did you try to import a csv?
Quote from the docs:

Please notice, that you have to export your bookmarks in the HTML format. Other formats are not supported.

[mike2003]

Because it's a built-in method, how do I know it's not working? There are no warnings about this. And the error message is wrong. You could just write that csv is not supported. Instead, you sent me to the application logs for some reason.

[Kovah]

I really don't know how

Please notice, that you have to export your bookmarks in the HTML format. Other formats are not supported.

could be more clear that only HTML is supported.

[mike2003]

This important information is not on the import and export page. Just change the error message to be more specific so the user can see it right away.