Linux Mint 19: freeciv and neverball don't work

[stemars]

Linux Mint 19 Tara - 64 bit

freeciv:
when starting a new game error
"1: Failed to connect to spawned server!"
is reported and nothing happens

neverball:
the configuration is not written to disk and after each
restart all the settings and the played levels are lost

[kukamuumuka]

neverball:
the configuration is not written to disk and after each
restart all the settings and the played levels are lost

What are the result for the next terminal-commands?

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ls -lR $HOME/.neverball

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find $HOME ! -user $USER -type f

[stemars]

ls -lR $HOME/.neverball

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-rw------- 1 me me 0 Aug 19 17:12 /home/me/.neverball

(apparently it is written)

find $HOME ! -user $USER -type f

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find: ‘/home/me/.dbus’: Permission denied
find: ‘/home/me/.cache/dconf’: Permission denied

Thanks!

[kukamuumuka]

ls -lR $HOME/.neverball

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-rw------- 1 me me 0 Aug 19 17:12 /home/me/.neverball

(apparently it is written)

find $HOME ! -user $USER -type f

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find: ‘/home/me/.dbus’: Permission denied
find: ‘/home/me/.cache/dconf’: Permission denied

Thanks!

Run

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touch $HOME/.neverball/neverballrc

[stemars]

Run
touch $HOME/.neverball/neverballrc

The result is

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touch: cannot touch '/home/smarsili/.neverball/neverballrc': Not a directory

The neverballrc file is in the /home/me directory, instead, along with the neverball.log file.
And .neverball is not a directory but an empty file.

[kukamuumuka]

Run
touch $HOME/.neverball/neverballrc

The result is

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touch: cannot touch '/home/smarsili/.neverball/neverballrc': Not a directory

The neverballrc file is in the /home/me directory, instead, along with the neverball.log file.
And .neverball is not a directory but an empty file.

Run

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rm -rf .neverball
mkdir .neverball
cd .neverball
mkdir Replays Scores Screenshots

And copy and extract the next

neverballrc.tar.gz

neverballrc into .neverball folder

[stemars]

Run

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rm -rf .neverball
mkdir .neverball
cd .neverball
mkdir Replays Scores Screenshots

And copy and extract the next neverballrc.tar.gz neverballrc into .neverball folder

This SOLVES the neverball problem.
Thank you very much!