Question

1

Backup Ubuntu settings

rated 0 times [ 1] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 3466 / 2 Years ago, thu, november 10, 2022, 8:53:08

After reading the same question asked here at least hundred times I will ask it one more time :)

I need to backup everything, like .bashrc, regional settings, keyboard layouts, installed packages and applications, home directory in general to be able to restore all my stuff on clean system and start working in an hour or so. Ideally the backup should be done to cloud. Aptik looks like a solution, however it doesnt start on my fresh Ubuntu installation, and as I understand it cant upload backup to the cloud. In addition, as I understand, the backup is done on demand, I would prefer something that will sync my changes constantly to the cloud.

Any wonder solution?

Answers

Only authorized users can answer the question. Please sign in first, or register a free account.

imonove

Add To Favorites

Follow

Total Points: 82

Total Questions: 113

Total Answers: 106

Location: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Member since Wed, Nov 3, 2021

3 Years ago

answered 2 Years ago saucdisr · Accepted Answer

This is my backup regime which I have been using for years. I am open to suggestions if it can be improved upon.

For a bare bones backup use clonezilla to copy your system.http://clonezilla.org/downloads.php

For backup of Home directory and other directories that are important to you, use either rsync or the backup tool that comes pre-installed with Ubuntu called "Deja Dup". To run "Deja Dup" click the applications icon on the Launcher and enter "Deja" into the search bar.

For the reinstalltion of your packages, build and restore a list of installed packages.

To build the list of packages installed on your system the packages use:

sudo dpkg --get-selections > package.list

To restore the packages use:

sudo dpkg --set-selections < package.list

sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade