configuring Mint Backup

[rdonnelly]

Is there any way to configure mint backup? All it does is back up to home directory with no options. I would like to back up to the external drive. Any way to edit the pearl script?

TIA

[rdonnelly]

You could try "the hard way" of backing up but mind you there's no simple "point-and-click" in this tutorial here but it's very useful

Well that will keep me very busy..........

[DataMan]

Among the options available to you in backing up, the one that I use exclusively is the app partimage. It backs up an image at the partition level. The app is in the repositories. Once installed you run it from the terminal as

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$ sudo partimage

For a more extensive explanation and application, you could refer to my web site in the Linux section under Backup Strategy.

Hope this helps,

DataMan

[rdonnelly]

You could try "the hard way" of backing up but mind you there's no simple "point-and-click" in this tutorial here but it's very useful

I found it, KDAR

[rdonnelly]

Kdar does not work properly. But I found this one, it is simple to use, and it is great:

http://luckybackup.sourceforge.net/download.html

[zimbo]

I would like to give LuckyBackup a try but am having problems installing it.

On the installation instruction web page, http://luckybackup.sourceforge.net/install.html, it says that libqtcore4 and libqtgui4 are required as dependencies and for Ubuntu users these can be found in the backports repo.

I have enabled this repo but don't see them there. I do have libqt4-core and libqt4-gui installed on my system, I thought the package might install using them but it doesn't. (I was presuming that these were different versions of the same libraries)

How can I install libqtcore4 and libqtgui4 and by installing them will there be any conflict with libqt4-core and libqt4-gui and packages that use them?

(You can probably tell I am fairly new to Linux)

Thanks

[rdonnelly]

I found them right in the Synaptic Package Manager. I just checked, currently I have libqt4core and libqtgui4 installed, I dont not have libqt4-core or libqt4-gui installed. I would just give it a try, you can always uninstall just as easy if it dont work.

[zimbo]

My problem is that I can't currently see them in Synaptic Package Manager. Enabling the Backports repo, as suggested in the install instructions, hasn't worked. I presume you must have different repo's enabled and one of them is giving you the option of installing these two libraries. I just need to find out which repo they are part of.

[rdonnelly]

I forgot how I got them, but here is a link to down load them, if it dont work, send me a pm with your email.

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File Name: libqtcore4_4.4.3-0ubuntu1.2_i386.deb

Click Here to Download:
http://safestorage.rr.com/file.asp?ID=t ... 0YgoQ==url

If you have trouble reaching the page listed above, go to http://safestorage.rr.com/pickup.asp and copy and paste this code:

tG+4c+dQUV2ma2cxFjNWX4jfFkiNpI2BtTeyS+knZTaxx/J5/0YgoQ==url

Please download this file before April 1, 2009. File links expire after 14 days or 5 download attempts.

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File Name: libqtgui4_4.4.3-0ubuntu1.2_i386.deb

Click Here to Download:
http://safestorage.rr.com/file.asp?ID=t ... UggpQ==url

If you have trouble reaching the page listed above, go to http://safestorage.rr.com/pickup.asp and copy and paste this code:

tG+4c+dQUV2pa2A2HTMgXP7bFDiN0/3zzkfCT5wiZTy1sPtw/UggpQ==url

Please download this file before April 1, 2009. File links expire after 14 days or 5 download attempts.

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[zimbo]

Thanks for taking the trouble to post those links.

I actually had another look at the backport repo I had enabled and discovered it was the wrong one. I had initially enabled

deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ elyssa backport

and couldn't find the packages there. I then enabled

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

and I was able to see and install libqtcore 4 and libqtgui4.

LuckyBackup is now fully installed.

[rdonnelly]

No Problem, I am using Felicia, maybe that is why the files were in apt?