Copy or export Remmina remote desktop files to another Ubuntu install

The files you need should be either in ~/.remmina (the hidden .remmina folder in your home directory) or in ~/.local/share/remmina (for newer versions).

For SSH, the known hosts are stored in ~/.ssh/known_hosts..

All your user settings, preferences, etc for your user are stored in your home directory, as that is the only folder you by default have permissions to access.

Installed remmina on Ubuntu 16.04 and had to reinstall Ubuntu after a while because it wasn't running the best. On my first install the location of all the remmina connection files was /home/gm/.local/share/remmina/ folder.

After I reinstalled my new setup of Ubuntu put all the connection files in the same location /home/gm/.local/share/remmina/ and started up remmina I had no connection. After reading this post I created a new connection and seen a new folder created under /home/gm/.remmina/ with that connection, so I copied all my connections into that folder /home/gm/.remmina/.

sudo cp -r /home/gm/.local/share/remmina/* /home/gm/.remmina/

I am just backing up @Wilf

Hope this helps others!

G

For users of the flatpak build of Remmina, you can find the connection settings at:

~/.var/app/org.remmina.Remmina/data/remmina/

For Remmina 1.4.8 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS the location of Remmina configuration was (for me):

~/snap/remmina/4460/.local/share/remmina

Today, I converted from a PPA install (which is no longer supported after 1.4.8) to a snap install. I copied all files from the old to new location. Other than passwords, it worked well after:

sudo apt remove remmina # uninstalls program, leaves config information files
sudo snap install remmina --edge # install the snap remmina
sudo snap connect remmina:avahi-observe :avahi-observe # servers discovery
sudo snap connect remmina:cups-control :cups-control # printing
sudo snap connect remmina:mount-observe :mount-observe # mount management
sudo snap connect remmina:password-manager-service :password-manager-service # password manager

cp ~/.remmina/* ~/snap/remmina/4460/.local/share/remmina # copy profiles to new location for snap install

Backup with: $ cd ~ $ tar -czf remmina_backup.tgz .local/share/remmina/ .config/remmina/ .local/share/keyrings .ssh/

Restore with: $ cd ~ $ tar -xf remmina_backup.tgz

Snap users Backup with: $ cd ~ $ tar -czf remmina_backup.tgz snap/remmina/<version>/.local/share/remmina/ snap/remmina/<version>/.config/remmina/ .local/share/keyrings .ssh/

Remmina connection files are usually stored in one of these folders:

• ~/.local/share/remmina
• ~/.config/remmina
• ~/.remmina/ (old versions)

The file names are your_connection_name.remmina. After you find right folder (e.g. ~/.local/share/remmina) the backup & restore procedure is:

Backup and transfer example (PC1)

Example: connection files were found in ~/.local/share/remmina

cd ~/.local/share/remmina
tar -cvzf all_my_connections.tgz *
scp all_my_connections.tgz my_user@my_new_linux_PC:/home/my_user/.

Remmina installation and connection restore (PC2)

User is logged-in as a my_user

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install remmina

cd ~
ls -l .config/remmina
mv all_my_connections.tgz  ~/.config/remmina
cd .config/remmina
tar -xvzf all_my_connections.tgz

Important steps must be done after file restore:

• Open Remmina application window, press Ctrl+P (or right click to Remmina main menu button, i.e. three dashes below each other, and go to Remmina Preferences).
• Set Remmina data folder to my_user/.config/remmina
• Close preferences, close Remmina window.
• Open Remmina window again. The connections shoud be restored and visible.

For Remmina 1.2 on Ubuntu 16.10 LTS the location of Remmina configuration is:

~/snap/remmina/