Possible to copy Cinnamon??

[SilverFox66]

I just upgraded 3 machines to Mint 18.3, running Cinnamon 3.6.7 and nemo 3.6.5. I setup one machine exactly how I want it (Cinnamon settings/themes etc...). I was wondering if there is a way to copy the Cinnamon setting/folder from that machine, to the other 2 machines... so I dont have to go through the same long process of setting them up, to match the first machine?

I thought I had read something about this before, but after a long search and a lot of reading, have not been able to find anything. Thanks for any help

[JerryF]

One solution is to use Clonezilla. I personally don't care for it, but many others on the forum use it.

I think you can use Disks that's built-in to create an image and then restore that image. Use a live USB/DVD drive to perform this.

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[SilverFox66]

I could use Disks to do that, yes. But I dont want to clone/image an entire drive/partition. I simply want to copy my Cinnamon folder/settings (not sure what it would entail) from one machine to the next, if possible.

[smurphos]

Hi,

I think this should do it. Not tested in full.

Copy the following folders from the master /home to to the target /home

~/.local/share/cinnamon
~/.cinnamon
~/.local/share/nemo
~/.config/nemo
~/.config/gtk-3.0
~/Desktop
~/.themes
~/.icons
~/.local/share/applications
~/.config/menus
~/.config/autostart

Finally on the master run dconf dump /org/cinnamon/ > cinnamon_dconf and dconf dump /org/nemo/ > nemo_dconf

Move the settings backups produced to the target.

On the target run dconf load /org/cinnamon/ < cinnamon_dconf and dconf load /org/nemo/ < nemo_dconf from the folder you have the backups in. Reboot the target.

[SilverFox66]

Hi,

I think this should do it. Not tested in full.

Copy the following folders from the master /home to to the target /home

~/.local/share/cinnamon
~/.cinnamon
~/.local/share/nemo
~/.config/nemo
~/.config/gtk-3.0
~/Desktop
~/.themes
~/.icons
~/.local/share/applications
~/.config/menus
~/.config/autostart

Finally on the master run dconf dump /org/cinnamon/ > cinnamon_dconf and dconf dump /org/nemo/ > nemo_dconf

Move the settings backups produced to the target.

On the target run dconf load /org/cinnamon/ < cinnamon_dconf and dconf load /org/nemo/ < nemo_dconf from the folder you have the backups in. Reboot the target.

Thank you! I will try this later today when I have more time

[JerryF]

Sorry, I misunderstood.

Aptik can do that for you. Install it from Terminal:

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sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:teejee2008/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install aptik
sudo apt-get install aptik-gtk

It's made to backup all your settings so that you can restore them to another computer.

You will need to install Aptik on each computer to do the restore. I would suggest using the Advanced option.

[AZgl1800]

Sorry, I misunderstood.

Aptik can do that for you. Install it from Terminal:

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sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:teejee2008/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install aptik
sudo apt-get install aptik-gtk

I have used Aptik to clone my Cinnamon settings to 3 other PCs, all different hardware.
works like a champ.

[SilverFox66]

Thank you JerryF and AZgl. I got Aptik installed, and chose to back up icons, fonts and themes. I then transferred those backups to another system, installed Aptik on that system, and restored the icons, fonts and themes. I logged out, and logged back in.... but nothing has changed. Its like it backed up the actual icons/fonts/themes, but didnt change the actual "settings" as to which ones were set as default etc...

[smurphos]

If you are using Aptik for this you'll need to use it's dconf backup and restore option aswell.

[SilverFox66]

I have now backed up icons/fonts/themes/dconf, and restored them to the target machine, with no change whatsoever.

[JerryF]

Which option did you use? Easy, Advanced, or Expert?

Most settings for apps are located in hidden files (they start with a period) and are located in /home/<user> directory so you'd need to backup and restore those too.

[SilverFox66]

I used "expert". This is turning into more of a hassle than its worth. If I knew exactly what needed copied, I would have no use for a program to do it, and could have just copied what was needed, to the other machines. Thanks for all the help, but I gave up and did everything manually on the other 2 systems.

[JerryF]

Sorry to hear that Aptik didn't work out for you.

I just tried a backup and restore (using the Easy mode) in a virtual machine installation. All I get is a blank screen after doing the restore and then rebooting.

[SilverFox66]

Sorry to hear that Aptik didn't work out for you.

I just tried a backup and restore (using the Easy mode) in a virtual machine installation. All I get is a blank screen after doing the restore and then rebooting.

Sorry you encountered that on my behalf

[JerryF]

Sorry to hear that Aptik didn't work out for you.

I just tried a backup and restore (using the Easy mode) in a virtual machine installation. All I get is a blank screen after doing the restore and then rebooting.

Sorry you encountered that on my behalf

Thanks for your concern. It's not an issue. I have Mint installed also as a virtual machine so that I can test things. Yours was a good test. I'm looking into why I keep getting a blank screen after an Aptik restore.