Hello,
Is there a way how to reinstall whole system LMDE 4 and restore settings from the previous system? I'm thinking about LMDE 4 settings and programs settings, and so on.
Cheers,
[Solved] Reinstall LMDE and restore settings
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[Solved] Reinstall LMDE and restore settings
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LanceM
Re: Reinstall LMDE and restore settings
The paid version of Aptik does this beautifully:https://teejeetech.in/aptik-3/
Re: Reinstall LMDE and restore settings
1. If you have a separate home partition all your user settings should have remained intact after the reinstall.
2. Back up your sources list so you can restore it to /etc/apt and the key rings in the trusted directory, or better the entire /etc/apt directory.
3. Back up anything else in /etc that you have changed and want to restore and possibly anything you have added manually to /opt or another directory - I for example have removed the default Firefox ESR in favour of running the latest release that is placed there. Also back up anything you might have added to /usr, for example if you have added wallpapers for system-wide use. Most people haven't so won't have to bother.
4. To restore the same set of applications export markings from Synaptic.
Hope this helps.
2. Back up your sources list so you can restore it to /etc/apt and the key rings in the trusted directory, or better the entire /etc/apt directory.
3. Back up anything else in /etc that you have changed and want to restore and possibly anything you have added manually to /opt or another directory - I for example have removed the default Firefox ESR in favour of running the latest release that is placed there. Also back up anything you might have added to /usr, for example if you have added wallpapers for system-wide use. Most people haven't so won't have to bother.
4. To restore the same set of applications export markings from Synaptic.
Hope this helps.
Re: Reinstall LMDE and restore settings
Thanks for your answer!Barnabyh wrote: ⤴Mon Dec 21, 2020 3:10 pm 1. If you have a separate home partition all your user settings should have remained intact after the reinstall.
2. Back up your sources list so you can restore it to /etc/apt and the key rings in the trusted directory, or better the entire /etc/apt directory.
3. Back up anything else in /etc that you have changed and want to restore and possibly anything you have added manually to /opt or another directory - I for example have removed the default Firefox ESR in favour of running the latest release that is placed there. Also back up anything you might have added to /usr, for example if you have added wallpapers for system-wide use. Most people haven't so won't have to bother.
4. To restore the same set of applications export markings from Synaptic.
Hope this helps.
Re: Reinstall LMDE and restore settings
Cheers!LanceM wrote: ⤴Sun Dec 20, 2020 8:35 pm The paid version of Aptik does this beautifully:https://teejeetech.in/aptik-3/
Re: [Solved] Reinstall LMDE and restore settings
You're welcome. Hope it worked for you.