Could not save Chrome settings as module

[gibarian]

I tried to follow the process described here to save chrome settings as a module:

Re: Exporting Google Chrome Settings (Post by brokenman #27987)

The result I've got was along the lines of, "That folder/location cannot be found."



I've checked the path twice, and it was correct. And yet the process kept failing.

Any idea what am I doing wrong?

[M. Eerie]

Hi. Welcome to the forum.
Try bbprofile.

[funghost]

Hi,
With these commands it should work

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mkdir -p /tmp/chrome-settings/home/guest/.config
cp -a /home/guest/.config/google-chrome /tmp/chrome-settings/home/guest/.config
cd /tmp
dir2xzm chrome-settings chrome-settings.xzm

[gibarian]

Hi. Welcome to the forum.
Try bbprofile.

Thank you M. Eerie! Most delighted of interacting with members of the Porteus community :-)

[Ed_P]

Any idea what am I doing wrong?

cp -a --parents home/guest/.config/google-chrome /tmp/mod
should be
cp -a --parents /home/guest/.config/google-chrome /tmp/mod

[gibarian]

Well, in the end, the magic folders did the trick. I have to commend the instructions available in the settings center, magic folders. They're really self-explanatory, and that helped me figure out that this was the option for me. It did save my Chrome settings.

I tried to do the aforementioned procedures suggested in this post, but I ran into an error related with storage available, and later I got an error related to my filing system. The operation was simply impossible under a FAT32 system.



I will leave this here, in case anybody faces a similar issue.

[gibarian]

Ok, this worked perfectly for Chrome and Vivaldi, but not so much for Firefox. I updated the three using the updating tool for the browsers, and also checking the procedure detailed here:

You don't need to rebuild your ISO to use it just put the new firefox module in your modules folder and reboot. All your bookmarks and setting should be there.

How to update Firefox

Which is what I did, however, Firefox customizations are now gone. These were only preserved for Chrome and Vivaldi.

As a note, I did not use the Firefox version from the server, but the current version, which I the updater downloaded and converted to a module, to be placed later in the modules folder. No idea what I'm doing wrong here.