Terminator/config Is not in .config file

Question

Description of Problem:

I'm trying to use terminator in a bash script but I keep getting an error stating that No such file or directory: ~/.config/terminator/config. and its keeping the terminals from popping up on screen. However when I run terminator on my terminal the window pops up. So I definitely have terminator installed I just don't know where terminator/config is.

Questions and summary of issue:

1. How would I check if terminator/config exists on my system?
2. Where would I find it since it isn't in ~/.config?
3. Why would this be happening?

Solutions that I know don't work and extra information

1. Uninstalling and reinstalling. I did it before I came to this site to ask.
2. These are the commands I used to install it the first time:

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome-terminator
• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install terminator

3. I don't think I was at the home directory when I installed terminator if that matters.

Answer 1

How would I check if terminator/config exists on my system?

Either find the file using 'locate':

$ sudo apt install locate -y
$ sudo updatedb # this is to update the file database
$ locate config

Or even better, use stat:

$ stat ~/.config/terminator/config

Where would I find it since it isn't in ~/.config?

If the file does not exist, you cannot find it ofcourse.

Perhaps create the file yourself.

$ mkdir -p ~/.config/terminator/
$ touch ~/.config/terminator/config

Why would this be happening?

The systems provides an error message. Because it expects there to be file, which isn't. Please read the documentation.

Answer 2

the config file is created automatically if you make some permanent changes.

• start terminator

• right click -> preferences

• go to tab profiles -> sub tab colors

• choose a different color profile e.g. "Solirized light" https://i.stack.imgur.com/QYFyp.png

• close preferences and confirm the color of the terminator has changed.

  now the file "~/.config/terminator/config" has been created, containing the current user configuration.