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#1 2020-05-11 05:09:43
- Strykar
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Accidentally deleted ~/.local, should I reinstall?
I noticed some Steam games, Gnome extensions and other Gnome app related settings like Evolution passwords have gone missing.
Where could I read on what all gets stored in ~/.local on Arch?
Should I reinstall or can this be salvaged?
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#2 2020-05-11 05:52:13
- skunktrader
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Re: Accidentally deleted ~/.local, should I reinstall?
Reinstalling won't help. You either need to restore from your most recent backup or redo the setup of all the apps
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#3 2020-05-11 11:55:24
- Lone_Wolf
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Re: Accidentally deleted ~/.local, should I reinstall?
Where could I read on what all gets stored in ~/.local on Arch?
That folder is not archlinux-specfiic but comes from the XDG Base Directory standard, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/XDG_Base_Directory
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Try clean chroot manager by graysky
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#4 2020-05-11 12:32:08
- Trilby
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Re: Accidentally deleted ~/.local, should I reinstall?
If you reinstall you will not have a user account until you create it post-install. If you do not have a user account, there is no "~". If there is no "~" how could their be a ~/.local?
Reinstalling is never a solution. Just get that out of your mind if you want to effectively use an arch system.
"UNIX is simple and coherent" - Dennis Ritchie; "GNU's Not Unix" - Richard Stallman
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