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How can I export my Ubuntu 16.04 Gnome terminal profile?

The folder ~/.gconf is empty.

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You will need dconf to export and import you profile settings. Please see this answer for details (short summary: use dconf dump /org/gnome/terminal/legacy/profiles:/ | grep -e "\[\:\|visible-name" to list the installed profiles, then import/export them via dconf dump /org/gnome/terminal/legacy/profiles:/:xx-xx-xx-xx/ > sample.dconf and dconf load /org/gnome/terminal/legacy/profiles:/:xx-xx-xx-xx/ < sample.dconf).

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  • Thanks, do you also know why this doesn't work on MATE Desktop environment or on 14.04?
    – Alexander Zeitler
    Jan 20, 2017 at 18:30
  • @AlexanderZeitler if I understand this correctly doncf is part of GNOME 3 (see help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.0) and MATE Desktop is based on GNOME 2. I suspect your 14.04 setup is also just running an older version of GNOME.
    – Roland Ewald
    Jan 21, 2017 at 9:26
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I've wrapped the commands for importing/exporting the default profile into a ready-for-use script, you can get it here: https://github.com/yktoo/yktools/blob/master/gnome-terminal-profile

The usage is straightforward:

gnome-terminal-profile export /path/to/file
gnome-terminal-profile import /path/to/file
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