[GNC] How to transfer all my accounts etc. to new computer. Linux version

Liz edodd at billiau.net
Sun Aug 13 04:51:26 EDT 2023


On Sun, 13 Aug 2023 09:46:14 +0200
Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be> wrote:

> That data is managed via GSettings, which on Linux uses dconf as
> back-end. I have no idea how dconf manages its internal database
> unfortunately. It's tied into dbus but that's a black box for me.
> 
> You can dump the the contents via dconf or GSettings tools and then
> import this on the new machine. As I'm not near a computer right now,
> I can't offer much more than a pointer in the right direction.
> 
Someone on reddit has supplied some answers here
https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/oqbyqr/how_to_copy_dconf_settings_from_dead_machine/

and I'll report on success or failure, as I can ssh into the old
machine.


Liz


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