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Im using Ubuntu 12.04 on my system and I need to reinstall the OS because of some graphical problems. So i need to make a backup of all the Bookmarks and Wallet Passwords of Krusader .

And also I need to save the Bookmarks of Konsole

But I found no option to save passwords and BM in both Konsole and Krusader.

And if backup succeeded then how to restore them after OS installation??

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This answer is assuming you're using the KDE desktop environment.

  • According to the Krusader documentation the bookmarks are stored in a krbookmarks.xml file located in:

    ~/.kde/share/apps/krusader/krbookmarks.xml where ~/ is your Home directory.

  • According to this Launchpad Answer the Konsole bookmarks are located in:

    ~/.kde/share/apps/konsole/bookmarks.xml

  • According to this old Forum Post Kwallet stores it's password in:

    ~/.kde/share/apps/kwallet/kdewallet.kwl

    Although this is an old forum post but I assume the location hasn't changed as it fits in with the general location scheme used by Krusader, Konsole and other KDE apps.

In order to restore these files after a fresh install you should follow these steps:

  1. Backup the files to an external HDD/USB or even a partition on your computer that won't be formatted. (I dual boot so I place files I want to keep onto the Windows partition during the re-installation of Ubuntu.)
  2. Proceed with the re-installation of Ubuntu.
  3. Re-install the necessary applications (KDE/Krusader/Konsole/Kwallet Manager).
  4. Copy the relevant files back to the relevant locations as listed at the start of this answer.
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  • Yes, I copied complete kde folder and lets hope it will work after installation
    – OmiPenguin
    Jun 30, 2013 at 12:49
  • Be careful with copying the full folder, I did it before with Cinnamon and it messed up my theme after restoring the folder on a fresh install.
    – Merri
    Jul 1, 2013 at 10:16
  • sorry for late reply, But just to let you know that it worked.
    – OmiPenguin
    Jul 4, 2013 at 7:55
  • Good to hear :).
    – Merri
    Jul 4, 2013 at 9:34

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