When I've had stuff I MUST recover after an event like this, I find the easiest way is to make a new user account, and set the permissions on the old user account folder to either be owned by the new user, or open to the drive, depending on my mood and the distribution's built in networking.
I won't try to give you a detailed instruction, but once you have a new user account, and are sure it is the default user that will login when the system boots, "chown" is the secret to allow access to your older files. On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 11:10 AM Michael H <[email protected]> wrote: > When I've had stuff I MUST recover after an event like this, I find the > easiest way is to make a new user account, and set the permissions on the > old user account folder to either be owned by the new user, or open to the > drive, depending on my mood and the distribution's built in networking. > > I can't give you a detailed list, but once you have a new user account, > and are sure it is the default user that will login when the system boots, > chown is the secret to allow access to your older files. > > On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 11:04 AM jonathon <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 4/21/19 10:56 AM, Keith Bates wrote: >> > So I thought I would upgrade from Ubuntu to 18.10 to 19.04. The normally >> >> The only safe way to upgrade from one version of Ubuntu, to another, is >> to wipe the drive, and install the new version of Ubuntu. >> >> > Except Libre Office. >> >> Uninstall LibreOffice. >> Delete _all_ configuration files. >> /home/user_name/config/.libreoffice/* >> >> Delete _all_ files in /opt/libreoffice/* >> from /home/user_name/ >> cd .. >> cd .. >> ls -alR | grep offic >> >> Delete all folders and files that have libreoffice as part of their name. >> >> Then download LibreOffice from >> https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download/ >> >> Unpack and install LibreOffice. >> >> jonathon >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] >> Problems? >> https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >> Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >> Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy >> > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
