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I checked by ls -al in my home directory but I don't see .bashrc file in my home directory. Ubuntu 18.04 release notes does not mention anything about this. I installed it without formatting previous /home partition after deleting files like .bash_, .local, .gnome, etc. I am able to use the pc like normal but where is the bashrc file now? Isn't it supposed to be recreated automatically?

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  • On my clean install of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS `~/.bashrc` is in place. On both Ubuntu Desktop (GNOME) and MATE. You did something wrong. – N0rbert Apr 28 '18 at 20:20
  • I think I have mentioned it is not a clean install on purpose. Please ask for clarification before downvoting – sziraqui Apr 28 '18 at 20:38

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Isn't it supposed to be recreated automatically?

No. A default .bashrc file is copied from /etc/skel when a user account is first created by adduser - if you retained your previous user account(s) then there would be no reason for it to be re-created.

You can copy it manually from /etc/skel yourself.

See man adduser.

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  • Oh! I created a new user with exact same username as previous install to preserve all data. – sziraqui Apr 28 '18 at 20:20
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    @sziraqui but you re-used the home directory, yes? – steeldriver Apr 28 '18 at 20:23
  • Yes. I purposely created separate root and home partitions when I first installed 17.10 a year ago as I planned to switch to 18.04 LTS. I keep all my development tools (around 64 gb right now) in home partition to prevent re-setup on critical upgrades. I expected GUI will run adduser while installation (it did) but providing identical username seems to have caused problem. – sziraqui Apr 28 '18 at 20:37