Hi, > I installed the Ring package on Debian quite some time ago in 2016. > > This week I took the latest package from unstable, compiled it on a > system running stretch and installed it. Version > 20170720.2.5bf0a65~dfsg1-1 > > When I start it, I see a window that says "Account migration > required"
That's because Ring has changed a lot between 2016 and today, especially in October/November of last year. It needs to decipher your private key archive to make updates to it. > I don't remember setting any password but it won't let me proceed > without typing a password. Something is weird as in the old version, a password wasn't mandatory so it should have asked you to create one but not entering a preexisting. There's probably a true problem here that we should investigate. > Also, I don't have any friends added to that Ring account, it was > just a > test - I would like to remove that account on the Debian system and > make > it use the RingID currently working on my Android device. To delete your account and any other Ring configuration, you can delete those folders (with Ring not being running): - ~/.config/ring - ~/.local/share/ring - ~/.local/share/gnome-ring (may not exist) - ~/.cache/ring - ~/.cache/gnome-ring (may not exist) On the next start, it will behave like a new fresh install. > On the Android device, I have Ring from F-Droid, version 20170215 This version should be ok. You can download a more recent one on Google Play if necessary. The F-Droid version is not as much up-to-date due to problems on F-Droid side (but I'm not the most knowledgeable about what's happening exactly with them). Best regards. Anthony L.
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