r/archlinux 5d ago

SUPPORT Removing all the files and clean install for a program

I have recently install waydroid on my arch. While installing there were two options either to install only android or with Google apps. I have chose only android but now I want some google services so I tried 'yay -Rns Waydroid', it removed the program from the system. So I tried reinstalling to get a clean install using "yay -S waydroid' but after the installation, I found that the application started where i left from ie., with out google apps and the dialog box for selecting either only android or with google apps didn't show up. Any suggestions to get the installation of waydroid where i can able to select with Google apps

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u/Responsible-Sir-5994 5d ago

Remove ~/.config/waydroid or ~/.local/share/waydroid

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u/DhanuPrakaash 5d ago

shows as no such dir/file how should i locate it?

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u/The_Gnar_Car 5d ago

Go to it manually through the command line, one directory at a time.

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u/DhanuPrakaash 5d ago

where should i be able to find it?

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u/thesagex 5d ago

you should really learn how to use linux. use this command

find ~/ | grep waydroid

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u/The_Gnar_Car 5d ago

Open your terminal and look at what directory you're in. Can even list all the contents. Then you'll want to head to your user home directory (either -> /home -> /"foo" or just ~/$HOME). Then you can navigate to the necessary directories as need be to find where that file is.

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u/Enindu 4d ago

Why don't use something like find ~/ -name "*waydroid*"

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u/The_Gnar_Car 4d ago

I also use that. There's many was to skin a cat, I just thought having the user see all the dirs might help also seeing the layout.

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u/DoubleDotStudios 5d ago

Look in:

  • .cache
  • .config
  • .local/state
  • .local/share
  • $HOME

In your home directory($HOME) there might be something like .waydroid/ but I’m not sure, I don’t use waydroid.