Docaltmed
May 10th, 2010, 11:28 AM
I've recently upgraded to 10.04. I'm trying to import my evolution data using the following instructions. Everything seems to work ok, but when I start evolution up, it continues to act as a new installation. What do I do?
You have an Evolution installation in one home directory and you want to duplicate that configuration in a new home directory. This may involve moving your data from one computer to another. Keywords: migration, user data, new partition, new computer, new home directory
1. Completely shut down Evolution on the old machine/home directory:
1. evolution --force-shutdown
2. If you've used Evolution on the new computer/home directory, remove its config files:
1. evolution --force-shutdown
2. cd $NEWHOME; rm -rf .evolution .gnome2_private/Evolution .camel_certs
3. Copy the following from the old home directory to the new home directory:
1. cp -R $OLDHOME/.evolution $NEWHOME
2. cp -R $OLDHOME/.gnome2_private/Evolution $NEWHOME/.gnome2_private/Evolution # if the old Evolution version is 2.12 or earlier
3. cp -R $OLDHOME/.camel_certs $NEWHOME
4. Dump your Evolution settings stored in GConf by running (on the old machine/home directory)
1. gconftool-2 --dump /apps/evolution > some-file.xml
5. If for some reason you cannot dump your Evolution settings in GConf (e.g. no access to the old system), copying the data (cp -R oldComputer:$OLDHOME/.gconf/apps/evolution newComputer:$NEWHOME/.gconf/apps/evolution) will do as well, but make sure that this is done while Gnome and the GConf daemon are not running, see below.
6. On the new computer/home directory, make sure you are not running gconf (by ps ax | grep gconf for example; you normally have to leave Gnome and then run gconftool-2 --shutdown).
7. Import those settings by running
1. gconftool-2 --load some-file.xml
8. Log in to gnome again
You have an Evolution installation in one home directory and you want to duplicate that configuration in a new home directory. This may involve moving your data from one computer to another. Keywords: migration, user data, new partition, new computer, new home directory
1. Completely shut down Evolution on the old machine/home directory:
1. evolution --force-shutdown
2. If you've used Evolution on the new computer/home directory, remove its config files:
1. evolution --force-shutdown
2. cd $NEWHOME; rm -rf .evolution .gnome2_private/Evolution .camel_certs
3. Copy the following from the old home directory to the new home directory:
1. cp -R $OLDHOME/.evolution $NEWHOME
2. cp -R $OLDHOME/.gnome2_private/Evolution $NEWHOME/.gnome2_private/Evolution # if the old Evolution version is 2.12 or earlier
3. cp -R $OLDHOME/.camel_certs $NEWHOME
4. Dump your Evolution settings stored in GConf by running (on the old machine/home directory)
1. gconftool-2 --dump /apps/evolution > some-file.xml
5. If for some reason you cannot dump your Evolution settings in GConf (e.g. no access to the old system), copying the data (cp -R oldComputer:$OLDHOME/.gconf/apps/evolution newComputer:$NEWHOME/.gconf/apps/evolution) will do as well, but make sure that this is done while Gnome and the GConf daemon are not running, see below.
6. On the new computer/home directory, make sure you are not running gconf (by ps ax | grep gconf for example; you normally have to leave Gnome and then run gconftool-2 --shutdown).
7. Import those settings by running
1. gconftool-2 --load some-file.xml
8. Log in to gnome again