The only thing needed is a USB drive with enough free space to store the backups, and a fast internet connection to download and install software packages.Īptik can backup and restore the following items: Your system will be restored to the way it was before. Take a full backup with Aptik on the old system, and restore the backups after installing the new system. If re-installing your Linux system gives you nightmares because of all the setup and customization that you need to do after installing it, then Aptik provides a simple solution. It can be used when re-installing the operating system, and when moving to the next release of a Linux distribution. Please check if your Linux distribution is on the list of supported distributions mentioned below.Īptik is a tool for migrating settings and data from an existing Linux system to a newly installed system. Installation is as simple as running a one-line command. Please provide a reliable email address on the checkout page.
Make sure if you do a complete backup, it’s done on a flash drive or external hard drive.The license key and installation steps are sent by email. Put in your password and the program should come up. In the Command box put this command in: gksu aptik-launcherĪfter the mod to the launcher is completed, (in Mint) go to your menu and under Administrator you should see Aptik in the list. Now you need to add gksu to the command so will run in Administrator mode. Now in the left column select Administrator, in the middle column select the program Aptik, then in the right column select Properties So to fix that you can right mouse click on your Menu, left mouse click on Config, then left mouse on Open the menu editor. One thing I did notice, it does not run in sudo mode. Sudo apt-get update & sudo apt-get install aptik Sudo add-apt-repository ppa:teejee2008/ppa To install it run the following commands in a new Terminal window: Downloaded packages within the APT cache.Applications installed from the Ubuntu Software Centre.Themes and icons stored in /usr/share/themes and /icons.Here a few key features that Aptik can do for you: You can installed it in Mint-18 and Ubuntu from what I have tested.Īptik is a Automated Package Backup and Restore program that offers you a GUI interface and is very simple to use. Here is a great little program with a GUI interface that seems to work well. How about all of the PPA’s and extra programs from outside the repository you have installed since you loaded your OS. Sudo dpkg –set-selections < /home/bob/backup/installed-software.log Sudo dpkg –get-selections > /home/bob/backup/installed-software.log To restore installed software from a backup Listĭpkg –get-selections > /backup/installed-software.log To backup a list of the installed programs Don’t forget to change out the user name Bob to your home user name. So open and terminal window and copy and paste the following command. In Debian, you can use the dpkg command in a terminal window. So when it comes time to upgrade or to repair a system, here is a couple of ways to backup the installed programs and PPA’s and more.
Lets see how to backup Mint and Ubuntu installed programs.