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    firefox still remembers after purge and reinstall

    Firefox leaves the luancher bar when I purge it with apt-get, yet it remembers everything -- add-ons, history, etc. -- once I reinstall it. I've tried purging it from a virtual console. In fact, I just purged it from tty1 while typing this, and it only gave me a notice that I should restart the browser.
    I tried tightening its AppArmor permissions to disable it, and it disabled accordingly.

    How would I check its downlaod mirror?
    Last edited by haplorrhine; March 23rd, 2015 at 04:08 AM.

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    Re: firefox still remembers after purge and reinstall

    Purging the package gets rid of system-wide configuration, but the user's mozilla profile remains.
    If you're sure you want to start with a clean profile:
    Code:
    cd ~/
    mv .mozilla .mozillabak

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    Re: firefox still remembers after purge and reinstall

    That did it. Thank you.

    by the way, what are the files titled ~/.mozilla/firefox/........\.default
    Last edited by haplorrhine; March 23rd, 2015 at 04:03 PM.

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    Re: firefox still remembers after purge and reinstall

    Quote Originally Posted by haplorrhine View Post
    That did it. Thank you.

    by the way, what are the files titled ~/.mozilla/firefox/........\.default
    Those are the actual profile folders.
    You can remove,rename or even delete profiles with the command from a terminal or run dialog box:
    Code:
    firefox -ProfileManager
    cool thing is the same -ProfileManager command is applicable to thunderbird.

    The settings for which ever profiles you setup are stored in the profile.ini file.
    Typically name, path, isrelative, and whether or not it is set as the default/the one that opens when you launch firefox/thunderbird.
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