restore Evolution after OS install

[Mr Chris Aitken]

Ivan Avery Frey wrote:
> Mr Chris Aitken wrote:
>>>> What is the Evolution file/directory that I have to save if I want 
>>>> to have the email/calendar stuff installed after an OS install? I 
>>>> know how to revive a thunderbird mail file but I've never done it 
>>>> with Evolution ('cause I don't use it). I want to get fedora core 4 
>>>> off my wife's machine and replace it with ubuntu. I can't get 
>>>> network printing working so I figure ubuntu with a newer cups will 
>>>> rectify that.
>>>
>>> It's all in $HOME/.evolution
>> Okay, I backed up that directory. I did a fresh ubuntu install and 
>> now I'm having trouble restoring from that directory. What file in 
>> that directory do I point Evolution to? Or is that not how it works?
>
> When you backed up the directory did you do a cp -r?
Well, I used scp -r /home./evolution /anothercomputer
> To restore the directory cp -r backuppathname ~yourusername/.evolution
Okay, I just did that, but when I run Evolution it asks me where the 
'evolution archive' is. I don't have any 'evolution archive' - I just 
have the entire .evolution directory and its contents. Then I point to 
that but it's not satisfied - it wants me to point to a specific file 
and I try different files (especially ones ending in .db) but nothing 
brings back the mail, calendar info et al.

I inferred from the original responder to this thread that you have to 
back up the entire .evolution directory and its contents. I guess that 
was an erroneous assumption. I guess I should have backed it up in a 
certain way (to make an 'evolution archive') to be able to restore it 
later. I use thunderbird myself so that back up is easier - you simply 
save the directory and them point to that directory when configuring 
(the new installation of) thunderbird. I guess Evolution is trickier (?)

Chris
>
> Ivan.
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