Was looking for a 'good first issue' ... this thread is old but with no apparent resolution so I went digging ... didn't take long for me to discover the following contained in ui/__init__.py:

def _open_library(config):
    """Create a new library instance from the configuration.
    """
    dbpath = util.bytestring_path(config['library'].as_filename())
    try:
        lib = library.Library(
            dbpath,
            config['directory'].as_filename(),
            get_path_formats(),
            get_replacements(),
        )
        lib.get_item(0)  # Test database connection.
    except (sqlite3.OperationalError, sqlite3.DatabaseError) as db_error:
        log.debug(u'{}', traceback.format_exc())
        raise UserError(u"database file {0} cannot not be opened: {1}".format(
            util.displayable_path(dbpath),
            db_error
        ))
    log.debug(u'library database: {0}\n'
              u'library directory: {1}',
              util.displayable_path(lib.path),
              util.displayable_path(lib.directory))
    return lib

...specifically the exception statement here suggests that the issue has been resolved?!

Better error message when directory containing database file is not writeable #1676

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