[MontyJ]

First, apologies for the length, but better more detail than not enough, me thinks!

Using Mint Linux 17.3, AMD x64

When I first used the Calibre binary install for Linux, I did not uninstall the existing Calibre install from the package/repository, which was version 1.28 or so. It had been setup ok, however, and I had all my custom setup stuff working great except one setting. I did back up all "file system" and Home directory folders first, then did the binary install, which worked and installed w/o error.

So, V2.45 is not installed. However, it did not keep all my custom settings. Also, when I went into the "Edit Metadata" tab, and clicked on the "Custom Metadata" tab, the page is blank; totally blank grey, absolutely no menus, no fields, nada!

Ok, per a previous post on getting in my custom stuff from a Windows install, I copied in the .Config/Calibre folder in total over (merge/replace) the contents of that folder.

When I do that, calibre simply won't launch; it does not like one or more of the files from my previous working 1.28 install I am using, apparently. Note: sometimes, but not always, it will launch from command line but not the GUI icon. However, regardless of that, none of the customizations ever show up.

Next I tried a complete removal of all Calibre folders and files; first I just ran the uninstall file provided with the binary install script. Same result. Next I did the uninstall and then manually searched out every file in system (except those .PNG image files) and deleted them. Reinstalled the binary install and everything comes up normal with, of course, total default setup configuration.

Again, I copy over the previously working .config/calibre folder contents. Again, it will not launch after that.

So, my question is, is there a specific file(s) I can copy from my previous install that will bring back my original:

- Plugins & plugin setups
- Custom Scripts
- Main Menu Layout customizations
- Custom column setup
- Conversion customizations

My libraries are all intact, being on external ext4 hard drive partitions, so I have no issue there getting them back.

In other words, everything I did to "customize" my setup? I had like 5 years of customizations and I would like to bring all that back and not have to revert to the unsupported V1.28 package install to do it!

Thanks!