How to delete ~/.config/libreoffice/

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#1

I use OpenSUSE Tumbleweed.
In the new version of LibreOffice is a shortage of fonts. I can choose 104 fonts from the 171 available of my system fonts.
I was advised to delete ~/.config/libreoffice/.
How can I do that?

Thanks

Andre den Oudsten

#2

Hi,

The easiest way to delete a folder in Linux is to use the "rm -rf"
command:

1) Open a terminal/shell
2) cd to ~/.config
3) Enter "rm -rf libreoffice" (without the quotes)

If you want a safer way, just rename the folder (this way you can
revert back if something goes wrong):

1) Open a terminal/shell
2) cd to ~/.config
3) Enter "mv libreoffice
libreoffice.bak" (without the quotes)

I hope this helps.

Rémy Gauthier.

I use OpenSUSE Tumbleweed.
> In the new version of LibreOffice is a shortage of fonts. I can

choose

#3

Hi,

The easiest way to delete a folder in Linux is to use the "rm -rf"
command:

1) Open a terminal/shell
2) cd to ~/.config
3) Enter "rm -rf libreoffice" (without the quotes)

You shouldn't normally ever need to use the -f option. It can be very
dangerous. What is your reason for suggesting it here?

#4

Hi,

The "-f" option (force) will basically ignore any non write access
protections. Without it, rm will prompt for each file that needs to be
deleted if the proper access rights are not correctly set (which I find
annoying when I want to delete a directory tree). In this specific
case, the intent is to remove the entire folder so using -f will allow
rm to perform its task in silent mode. Obviously, it needs to be used
with some level of caution, like any silent function operator; this is
why I also proposed an alternate method that allows the possibility of
recovery. But it is still up to the user to decide.

Rgds,

Rémy Gauthier.

#5

Hi Andre,

I use OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. In the new version of LibreOffice is a
shortage of fonts. I can choose 104 fonts from the 171 available of
my system fonts. I was advised to delete ~/.config/libreoffice/.
How can I do that?

Could be yor problem is: I can't find ~/.config on my system.

Close LO. Use your filemanager, for example Dolphin in KDE. Set View >
Hidden files. So you could enter .config on your home-directory. Enter
libreoffice. You could rename "4" to "4_old". Could be you installed a
special Suse-version. So you have to rename "4-suse" to "4-suse_old".

The new config-directory will be created when starting LO new.

I won't delete the old directory because I don't know if you have
saved something like user-defined dictionary inside it.

Regards

Robert
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#6

change ¨4¨ into ¨4old¨ did not solve my problem.

Andre

Thanks

#7

Hi Andre,

change ¨4¨ into ¨4old¨ did not solve my problem.

"4" has been created new? Or is there also a "4-suse"?

Could you post some of the fonts you couldn't see in LO, but are
available for other programs like the fontmanager of KDE?

Regards

Robert
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#8

Hi,

The "-f" option (force) will basically ignore any non write access
protections. Without it, rm will prompt for each file that needs to be
deleted if the proper access rights are not correctly set (which I
find annoying when I want to delete a directory tree). In this
specific case, the intent is to remove the entire folder so using -f
will allow rm to perform its task in silent mode. Obviously, it needs
to be used with some level of caution, like any silent function
operator; this is why I also proposed an alternate method that allows
the possibility of recovery. But it is still up to the user to decide.

Indeed but unless you know that there are such difficulties in the
path, you shouldn't generally use the -f option. It's much safer to try
without it and then repeat the command once you've established exactly
what a particular problem is. Otherwise it's far too easy to mistype
the path and/or not be in the working directory you think you are and
so remove files that are write-protected specifically to reduce the
likelihood of such accidents.

It's up to you what procedures you follow on your own systems, of
course, but it's best to recommend safer procedures to the great
unwashed that may read this list.

Cheers, Dave

#9

Hi. I don't know if this is your problem.
During an update of LO to the Suse repository I noticed the configuration is now in
/home/me/.config/libreoffice/4-suse/
It used to be in /home/me/.config/libreoffice/4/

What I had to do was remove the new 4-suse and type in a terminal.
>cd /home/me/.config/libreoffice/
>ln -s 4-suse 4

My new LO now could access all the settings of my older LO.

My suggestion is to perform the following before installing LO
>cd /home/me/.config/libreoffice/
>ln -s 4-suse 4

steve

#10

generally to perform such operations on system / configuration files or folder, I open the file manager with root privileges (from terminal: sudo nautilus - or thunar, nemo... whathever you have). you can rename, move or delete anything from there (essentially I rename files or folders before deleting, to be sure I can eventually recover changes). Paolo

Hi. I don't know if this is your problem.
During an update of LO to the Suse repository I noticed the
configuration is now in
/home/me/.config/libreoffice/4-suse/
It used to be in /home/me/.config/libreoffice/4/

What I had to do was remove the new 4-suse and type in a terminal.

cd /home/me/.config/libreoffice/
ln -s 4-suse 4

My new LO now could access all the settings of my older LO.

My suggestion is to perform the following before installing LO

cd /home/me/.config/libreoffice/
ln -s 4-suse 4

steve

#11

Hi Paolo,

generally to perform such operations on system / configuration
files or folder, I open the file manager with root privileges
(from terminal: sudo nautilus - or thunar, nemo... whathever you
have). you can rename, move or delete anything from there
(essentially I rename files or folders before deleting, to be sure
I can eventually recover changes).

Seems you will work like most users of Windows: administrator for all.
There are no files in config-folder of your home-directory which
couldn't be changed by yourself as normal user and owner of all these
files.

By the way: Andre has changed the name of the folder. It has been
created again and didn't solve his problem with fonts.

Regards

Robert
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#12

In ubuntu and all Apple systems there is a "Files" or other option which will allow you to drag icons representing files into places like "trash".

Files starting with a dot as does ".config" are not visible until you find a button to "show all". When you find the directory .config open it up and you should see libreoffice which is also a directory. Open that up and I see one file the total name of which is "4". It seems to be a directory too! Yep and it has another directory called "user". In directory /home/doug/.config/libreoffice/4/user there are several files one of which is "config"

It makes one wonder if the initial instructions are not complete.