Is it possible to create a complete backup of Trisquel?
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Hi everyone.
I've installed Trisquel GNU/Linux 7.0 Mini on my netbook about 6 months ago and since then I fell in love with it. During this period I solved a lot of issues thanks to this forum and the internet in general. I would like to have a complete backup of my Trisquel installation (including custom installed apps, configuration files etc.) so if someday I'll break the installation while testing or trying to fix something I can easily roll back to the functioning installation without having to do all the dirty work again.
How can I do that as easily as possible? Consider that I don't have a DVD player since it's a netbook, just USB!
Thanks in advance!
Thanks for your answer. I read the wiki page and followed the guide. This is precisely what I did:
- saved the marking list from Synaptic;
- cloned the /var/cache/apt folder which should contain the .deb packages (although I found nothing in it, perhaps because I always use autoclean? Will the marking list still work when restoring even if there are no .deb's? Even having to download them again would be fine);
- used deja-dup to clone just the home folder, as default;
Is it all? Or am I missing something? The things I care most are the packages I've installed during these months and the configurations of the apps, desktop etc.
Yes, it is all. Copying the .deb only avoids downloading them again. Synaptic will download the packages absent from /var/cache/apt/archives. The personal configurations of your programs are hidden files (i.e., files whose names start with a dot) in your home folders. The "Backup" tool backs them up. Now, if you are talking about system configuration (but you probably don't), they are in /etc.
Be sure to back up /etc, and anything else you care about. Or you can just copy the whole installation.
I managed to backup /etc with Deja Dup too. Now I have a full backup of /etc and /home, guess that the backup is now complete! Thank you both for your help.
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