Taking KDE config files with me

Question

I'm reinstalling my Kubuntu 12.04 and I want to take my Kate, Kile, Okular, Dolphin & Konsole config files with me.

Where are this files located? I've looked around /home/, /home/.kde/ and /home/.config/ but found nothing.

Answer 1

Got an answer in the Kubuntu Forums by oshunluvr. Here it is:

I believe they're all in /home/USERNAME/.kde/share/config and /home/USERNAME/.kde/share/apps.

Most of the configs are named PROGRAMrc, like katerc for kate and so on. The ../apps directory contains add-ons like skins and plugins.

Answer 2

KDE releases

In the past the KDE was released under the single label (KDE3, KDE4). Now the KDE is releasing as separate items the KDE Frameworks 5 (KF5). Plasma 5 and the KDE Applications. KDE Schedules here.

KDE4

The KDE4 based applications are using environment variables - KDEHOME:

KDE System Administration/Environment Variables information here and here.

If not set, KDE uses ~/.kde as directory where your personal data is stored.

Dolphin, KDE file manager, build with the KDE4 libraries. Configuration files are saved to the $KDEHOME/share/config/ ,if set, otherwise to the ~/.kde/share/config/

KF5 (KDE Frameworks 5)

The KF5 based applications are following the Freedesktop.org standards and specifications.

XDG Base Directory Specification here.

$XDG_DATA_HOME defines the base directory relative to which user specific data files should be stored. If $XDG_DATA_HOME is either not set or empty, a default equal to $HOME/.local/share should be used.

$XDG_CONFIG_HOME defines the base directory relative to which user specific configuration files should be stored. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set or empty, a default equal to $HOME/.config should be used.

Dolphin, KDE file manager, build with the KF5. Configuration files are saved to the $XDG_CONFIG_HOME ,if set, otherwise to the ~/.config

Answer 3

They are supposed to be in your '/home/username/' they are hidden directories with a . in front of them.

I am just not sure whether they were just in '/home/username/.kate' or in '/home/username/.kde/applications/'

But I am 100% sure that they are in you '/home/username/' directory. You could just try to copy your entire home to your new system. That would also retain them.