Install the open-source system backup software Systemback 1.6.201 on Ubuntu

Install the open-source system backup software Systemback 1.6.201 on Ubuntu

Systemback is an application used to create a point-in-point system backup so that users can completely restore the operating system. Provides the functions of any advanced backup software, including: system backup, system recovery, system replication, system installation, Live system creation, system repair, and system upgrade.

Starting from Systemback 1.0, Systemback has been transplanted to QT5. The latest available version is Systemback 1.6.201, which has been released for some time and has the following changes:

• Import new French and Russian translations
• Exclude the not fstab-mounted filesystems in the/var/lib directory
• Fix partitions unmounts when unmount a device
• Fix systemback and systemback-cli manuals
• Some optimizations
• Lock the user input when deleting a Live image
• Set 'back' button focus after deleting a Live image
• Add full screen installer mode for the Live systems
• Add possibility to include user data files and directories into the restore points
• Add possibility to exclude the directory content instead of the directory
• Add support to TPD config file in Ubuntu
• Move the configuration files into the '/etc/systemback' directory
• Remove all childrens when add a new item to the excluded list
• Close the window if 'OK' button is clicked when the system copy is completed on the Live
• Fix and shut up some error messages
• Optimize CPU usage in some cases when executing external processes
• Improve screen boundary check when moving or resizing the window
• Do not start system upgrade in CLI without root permissions
• Print error message when the systemback-cli is started on a Live system
• Do not accept the scheduled restore point starting if the parent process is not the sbscheduler
• Ignore the global font changes after the window is started
• Fix segmentation faults in some keyPressEvents
• Fix excluded items reading from file when the line start or end with space
• Import new Hungarian and German translations
• Remove Ubuntu 14.10 support
• Add Ubuntu 15.10 packages to the Install Pack

Installation instructions:

So far, some third-party PAGs can be installed (ubuntu 14.04/15.04/15.10 is supported). Therefore, installing on Ubuntu is just a piece of cake. Add the PPA to the system, update the index of the local repository, and install the systemback package:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nemh/systemback
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install systemback

Uninstall command:

sudo apt-get remove systemback

PPA address: https://launchpad.net/systemback

: Http://sourceforge.net/projects/systemback/

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