Re: Fresh install, Bookworm, XFCE keeps recreating directories
On Fri 15 Sep 2023 at 21:24:53 (-0400), Curt Howland wrote:
> On Friday 15 September 2023, Curt Howland was heard to say:
> > I'm not interested in having directories like "Public" and
> > "Videos", but every time I delete them something recreates those
> > directories.
>
> Found /etc/xdg/user-dirs.conf, changed to "enable=False", no change.
>
> Found $/.config/user-dirs.dirs, commented out the ones I didn't want,
> no change. File $/.config/user-dirs.dirs reverted to original on
> logout/login.
>
> Changed all the pointers in $/.config/user-dirs.dirs to "Desktop" so
> that no other directory would be created, success. Deleted
> directories stay deleted. File $/.config/user-dirs.dirs not reverting
> to original form on logout/login.
>
> What an immense waste of time. I can understand having the directories
> created once, when the user is created. This automatic regeneration
> is utterly pointless and annoying.
AIUI (which is not very well), this comes with the territory when you
install a Desktop Environment.
If you don't really want "Desktop" either, then according to:
https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-user-dirs/
you can set all those environment variables to point to your $HOME
directory. (The Note that follows explains that just deleting
(≡commenting out) a variable doesn't work.)
Cheers,
David.
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