Can't find .codeblocks in home directory

default.conf should be in .codeblocks which is a hidden directory in home directory. But I can't find either default.conf or .codeblocks on my PC. I'm using Ubuntu 18.04.

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In Ubuntu most of a user's configuration files can be found inside ~/.config.

The configuration file for Code::Blocks, default.conf is in ~/.config/codeblocks (i.e., /home/$USER/.config/codeblocks).

Run:

locate codeblocks | grep .conf$

The output should be:

~/.config/codeblocks/default.conf

This means that default.conf is at:

$HOME/.config/codeblocks/default.conf

After you finish building and running your first project and select File -> Quit to quit Code::Blocks, Code::Blocks will ask you if you want to save the changes to the Code::Blocks default perspective.

If you click the Yes button, Code::Blocks will create a new default.conf file in ~/.config/codeblocks/. It will also create a few additional new files in ~/.config/codeblocks/.

  default.conf
  xx_XX_personaldictionary.dic
  codesnippets.ini
  DragScroll.ini

After Code::Blocks has created the Code::Blocks default perspective for the first time, it will not prompt you to create it again.