How to switch with SmartGit to non commercial version on Ubuntu 20.04

Question

I use Ubuntu 20.04. After 30 days of using SmartGit, it wants to change to commercial version. I use it for personal purposes.

I tried this: How to change SmartGit's licensing option after 30 days of commercial use on ubuntu?

and this: https://www.syntevo.com/blog/?p=3669

but couldn't find such folders and files.

I also uninstalled and reinstalled it three times with these commands:

sudo apt remove smartgit

sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

and

sudo apt install smartgit

but nothing changed.

So can anyone know a way how to change to non commercial version of SmartGit on Ubuntu 20.04?

Answer 1

Wow, I found the solution!

With the help of this: https://askubuntu.com/questions/244754/how-to-completely-remove-application

So the process is

1. Remove SmartGit

sudo apt remove smartgit

sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

2. Delete the config files of SmartGit

Navigate to the home directory,

Ctrl + H to show the hidden folders,

in the .config folder

delete the smartgit folder.

3. Install SmartGit

sudo apt install smartgit

4. Choose the free non-commercial option

Be careful. Choose not the default option but

the free non-commercial option.

Answer 2

Only applying "Delete the config files of SmartGit" part was enough for me.

So:

rm -rf ~/.config/smartgit

Then run smartgit and it asks for licensing options again like the first install.

Yes the other options for smartgit are lost removing the folder completely so a fine tuning may be done to this approach if needed.

Answer 3

Installing an older version worked for me.

The version I had was 22.1.4

I installed 21.1.7 and it asked for the new license options and I could select the free option.

https://www.syntevo.com/downloads/smartgit/smartgit-linux-21_1_7.tar.gz