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Can I install a command line version of deja-dup backup utility on Ubuntu server?

I wish to restore a backup of my previous Home directory made with deja-dup.

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  • what about the scheduled tasks? I installed and configured it on a vnc session on the server. I scheduled the backup weekly, but there is no backup since 10 days. Is there something i have to activate? THX
    – user269574
    Commented Apr 16, 2014 at 15:41

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No, you can't. But Deja Dup is just a graphical front end for the command line tool duplicity, which you can use on a server.

Its command line interface is a bit complicated, but read its man page or some of the instructions in Deja Dup's manual restore help page: https://live.gnome.org/DejaDup/Help/Restore/WorstCase

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    Can you please write instructions to an specific use-case as an example ? @Michael Terry
    – userDepth
    Commented May 8, 2016 at 13:37
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Yes you can. I just did.

Follow the instructions here and you can run deja-dup using the X of your own machine.

Then you just execute from your local machine:

ssh -X SERVER_IP deja-dup
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    Although your answer is 100% correct, it might also become 100% useless if that link is moved, changed, merged into another one or the main site just disappears... :-( Therefore, please edit your answer, and copy the relevant steps from the link into your answer, thereby guaranteeing your answer for 100% of the lifetime of this site! ;-) You can always leave the link in at the bottom of your answer as a source for your material...
    – Fabby
    Commented Oct 6, 2015 at 10:09
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    Does the automatic scheduling work?
    – Jonathan
    Commented Aug 19, 2017 at 0:30
  • This was basically my plan, and I ran into a problem (which is why I'm googling around...). Basically, if I want to add a Google drive (or other cloud storage location), Deja-Dup tries to run gnome-control-center (I think), which doesn't work on Ubuntu Server (as far as I have gotten, anyway). Just a heads up to anybody going down this path.
    – nomen
    Commented Oct 19, 2019 at 23:26
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    @Fabby Time to buy a lottery ticket, looks like you can see the future! The aforementioned link has rotted.
    – Adam Schiavone
    Commented Mar 11, 2022 at 14:01

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