On Wed, 2022-02-23 at 07:40 -0600, c. marlow wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to erase everything in Evolution and start it over as if > I > had just installed Fedora and Evolution > > I asked on Reddit and I got this far: > > I was able to do: > > rm -rf ~/.config/evolution > > rm -rf ~/.local/share/evolution > > rm -rf ~/.cache/evolution > > > But when I get to: > > dconf reset /org/gnome/evolution/ > > is where the trouble starts... > I can't get this command to work: > > [chris@fedora ~]$ sudo dconf -f reset /org/gnome/evolution/ > [sudo] password for chris: > error: unknown command -f > > Usage: > dconf COMMAND [ARGS...] > > Commands: > help Show this information > read Read the value of a key > list List the contents of a dir > write Change the value of a key > reset Reset the value of a key or dir > compile Compile a binary database from keyfiles > update Update the system databases > watch Watch a path for changes > dump Dump an entire subpath to stdout > load Populate a subpath from stdin > > Use 'dconf help COMMAND' to get detailed help. > > > > [chris@fedora ~]$ sudo dconf reset /org/gnome/evolution/ -f > error: -f must be given to (recursively) reset entire directories > > Usage: > dconf reset [-f] PATH > > Reset a key or dir. -f is required for dirs. > > Arguments: > PATH Either a KEY or DIR > KEY A key path (starting, but not ending with '/') > DIR A directory path (starting and ending with '/') > > [chris@fedora ~]$ > > > Any ideas on what I should do? > Hi,
Never tried to do this, but could be argument position issue: it says: ... reset [-f] PATH ... But you only tried `-f` before `reset` and after `PATH`, not after `reset` and before `PATH`, `-f` is an argument to `reset` and maybe position dependent. Regards, Branko _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
