Axios Been looking but havent found anything like systembackup
Yes, there are several alternatives in the repository. I find restic
easy to use, and after a little bit of setup, you can back up your personal files with a single word at a terminal. A command to run a backup (once you set up the repository) is like this:
alias backup='restic backup /home/(your user name) -r /(your backup destination)'
If you also want to backup all the installed packages, consider these:
alias copyPackages="eopkg li | cut -d ' ' -f 1 | tr '\n' ' ' > ~/InstalledPackages"
alias restorePackages='sudo eopkg install $(cat InstalledPackages)'
Add these aliases to your .bashrc file, and you'll be all set. Run copyPackages
before you run backup
, and your list of packages will be included with your home directory backup.
Thanks to the original author of these last two, whose name I've forgotten by now.