Reinstalling 14.04, but leaving files/apps intact

[Peter Smout]

On 21/06/14 23:40, AFJ Headquarters wrote:
> Hello, Tony here.
>
> If you guys have noticed, I've installed Xubuntu, then uninstalled it,
> but traces of it still remain.
>
> And they really annoy me.
>
> I've decided to reinstall Trusty Tahr, but I want to know if there is a
> way to reinstall but leave files /and /apps (Dansguardian, Wine, Mozilla
> Thunderbird, etc) intact. I don't want to have to re-configure
> Dansguardian (/that /was a lot of work), re-do Mozilla Thunderbird, or
> reinstall Wine.
>
> I don't know if such a method exists in the world of Ubuntu, but I'm hoping!
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Tony
>
>
Hi,

Dunno if it's waht you are after but you can copy your .mozilla 
.thunderbird .wine folders from your home folder (you'd have to search 
for the config to Dansguardian that a new one on me :) ) <Note: the . 
means hidden file and you will have to <ctrl-H> in nautilus to see them 
(ls -a for us CLI freaks)>

If during your original install you installed with a separate /home 
partition then you can reinstall the system easily just don't format 
your /home partition.

Hope this at least points you in the correct direction.

Regards

Pete S