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Daniel
Asked: 2020-12-04 07:40:43 +0800 CST

Remove configuration files of Déjà Dup, purge not working

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I want to completely reset deja-dup configuration files.

  1. I tried removing and installing again using snap, but previous settings are still there after a fresh install (e.g. backup path, folders to ignore, etc).

    $ sudo snap remove --purge duplicity
snap "duplicity" is not installed

$ sudo snap remove --purge deja-dup
deja-dup removed

$ sudo snap install --classic deja-dup
deja-dup 42.6 from Michael Terry (mterry) installed

  2. Also tried looking for deja-dup and duplicity files afterwards with find and got nothing.

  3. Removing deja-dup with apt does nothing since I didn't use it to install deja-dup.

  4. Also note I didn't manually install duplicity, I'm guessing that comes bundled with deja-dup from the snapstore. Anyway tried removing it with apt and snap and said wasn't installed as expected.

Where are these settings located?

backup deja-dup duplicity snap 18.04

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    deja-dup stores its settings in gsettings keys. You can see and modify them in dconf-editor. The reason purging doesn't remove the settings is because deja-dup is a classic snap, so the configuration isn't in a purge-able place.

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