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ungoogled-software / ungoogled-chromium-archlinux

Arch Linux packaging for ungoogled-chromium
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
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upgrade from Chromium possible ? #218

Closed SvenMeyer closed 1 year ago

SvenMeyer commented 1 year ago

I have Chromium installed, quite a few profiles and installed extensions, would like to switch to ungoogled-chromium.

However if I follow the install guideline I am asked if I want to replace Chromium.

$ sudo pacman -S ungoogled-chromium
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
:: ungoogled-chromium and chromium are in conflict. Remove chromium? [y/N]

What happens if I say "y", will my installed profiles and extension stay ? ... or would I have to reinstall everything ?

Btw, if I start the AppImage (with the idea to have ungoogled-chromium alongside the original Chromium install), then I get only the original Chromium.

PF4Public commented 1 year ago

What happens if I say "y", will my installed profiles and extension stay ? ... or would I have to reinstall everything ?

Everything should stay, but I would suggest you to backup the whole Chromium profile just in case.

networkException commented 1 year ago

Replacing the package will merely replace the binary and some libraries, your profiles should be entirely unaffected

SvenMeyer commented 1 year ago

Gave it a try and looks like it just worked and did not loose anything. Installed extension and configuration are still there :+1:

SvenMeyer commented 1 year ago

Maybe this information should be added to the README in the install section (or Q&A).

PF4Public commented 1 year ago

AFAICT saved passwords could become unreadable for new binary, so check that.