[SOLVED] How do I erase all data for software installed through command line?

jprfts · 09-17-2018, 12:32 PM

So, uh, I fricked up. I installed Dolphin emulator via command line, and when I was choosing the game directories I chose my Home folder and all subfolders, just in case I lost any ROMs in my filesystem.

Now, Dolphin crashes every time I try to use it, so I can't undo this setting this way.

Where are the files for the settings of apps installed in this manner so I can erase them?

This doesn't really belong in a Dolphin forum or anything, because I'm assuming that this applies to other software as well.

hydrurga · 09-17-2018, 12:40 PM

How did you install it (Which command did you use? Where did you get it from?)?

BW-userx · 09-17-2018, 01:30 PM

usually apps put a config for their app in ~/.config/someApp .

basically for most FileManagers it is Ctrl+h to show and hide hidden files/directories. .config is a hidden file. if that does not work you can try.

Code:

whereis appName

then it shows you where it is located, and

Code:

locate AppName

Code:

find /path -name AppName

man find

some ways to find things on the system.

ondoho · 09-17-2018, 02:25 PM

places to look for:
~/.dolphin
~/.config/dolphin
~/.local/share/dolphin
~/.cache/dolphin
you need to enable hidden directories in your filemanager, usually with Ctrl-H