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SaraKlause

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Registered: 2017-11-12

Posts: 1

how to stop a package from applying it's previous configurations

i was just wondering how to remove the package with it's all configurations, i had docky installed and then i added a Gmail docklet, it dissapeared 
i tried to uninstall with  pacman -Rnc
and removed the  ~.config/gconf/apps/docky-2/
and i also removed the  ~.local/share/docky
i also removed it from cache to make sure i am redownloading it  /var/cache/pacman/pkg/docky-2.2.1.1-3-any.pkg.tar.xz

but still when i install it, it takes up the last configurations which i set the gmail docklet that makes docky not working and i don't even know where the configs are coming from. if someone can help me please

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 20,722

Re: how to stop a package from applying it's previous configurations

They are probably dot files or dot directories in your home folder.  If not there they are in ~/.config or ~/.local
Pacman won't mess with stuff in your home directory so that when you *do* reinstall something, the previous configs will still exist.

Just find and delete them.

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