{"id":13373,"date":"2019-04-01T22:59:01","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T22:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/?p=13373"},"modified":"2019-04-01T22:59:01","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T22:59:01","slug":"aptik-a-tool-to-backup-restore-your-favourite-ppas-and-apps-in-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2019\/04\/01\/aptik-a-tool-to-backup-restore-your-favourite-ppas-and-apps-in-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"Aptik \u2013 A Tool to Backup\/Restore Your Favourite PPAs and Apps in Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we all know that\u00a0Ubuntu<\/strong>\u00a0has a six month release cycle for new version. All the\u00a0PPAs<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Packages<\/strong>\u00a0of your choice also needs to be re-added, to avoid doing those stuffs and save your time, here we bringing a fantastic tool called \u2018Aptik<\/strong>\u2018.<\/p>\n

Aptik<\/strong>\u00a0(Automated Package Backup and Restore<\/strong>) is a\u00a0GUI<\/strong>\u00a0application that lets you backup your favourite\u00a0PPAs<\/strong>and\u00a0Packages<\/strong>. It is very difficult to remember to which packages are installed and from where it has been installed them. We can take backup and restore of all the PPAs before re-installation or up-gradation of OS.<\/p>\n

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\"Install<\/a><\/p>\n

Backup\/Restore PPAs and Apps<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Aptik<\/strong>\u00a0is a open source package that simplify backup and restore of\u00a0PPAs<\/strong>,\u00a0Applications<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Packages<\/strong>\u00a0after a fresh installation or upgradation of\u00a0Debian<\/strong>\u00a0based\u00a0Ubuntu<\/strong>,\u00a0Linux Mint<\/strong>\u00a0and other\u00a0Ubuntu<\/strong>\u00a0derivatives.<\/p>\n

Features of Aptik<\/h3>\n
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  1. Custom PPAs and the Apps<\/li>\n
  2. Backup Themes and icons<\/li>\n
  3. Backup applications installed via APT cache<\/li>\n
  4. Apps installed from Ubuntu Software Centre<\/li>\n
  5. Aptik command-line options<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    How to Backup PPA\u2019s and Packages on Old Systems<\/h3>\n

    By default\u00a0Aptik<\/strong>\u00a0tool is not available under\u00a0Ubuntu Software Centre<\/strong>, you need to use\u00a0PPA<\/strong>\u00a0to install it. Add the following\u00a0PPA<\/strong>\u00a0to your system and update the local repository and install package as shown.<\/p>\n

    Installation of Aptik<\/h4>\n
    $ sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:teejee2008\/ppa\r\n$ sudo apt-get update\r\n$ sudo apt-get install aptik      [Commandline]\r\n$ sudo apt-get install aptik-gtk  [GUI]\r\n<\/pre>\n
    Start \u2018Aptik<\/strong>\u2018 from the applications menu.<\/p>\n
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    \"Start<\/a><\/p>\n
    Start Aptik<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
    Create Backup Directory<\/h4>\n
    Create or Select a backup directory to store your all sections to re-use on your new install.<\/p>\n
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    \"Aptik<\/a><\/p>\n
    Select Backup Directory<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
    Backup Software Sources<\/h4>\n
    Click the \u2018Backup<\/strong>\u2018 button for\u00a0Software Sources<\/strong>. A list of installed third-party\u00a0PPAs<\/strong>\u00a0will be displayed along with their Packages names that are installed from the\u00a0PPA<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
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    \"Aptik<\/a><\/p>\n
    Backup Software Sources<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
    Note<\/strong>: PPAs with a\u00a0green<\/strong>\u00a0icon indicates as active and have some packages installed. Whereas\u00a0yellow<\/strong>\u00a0icon indicates as active but no packages installed.<\/p>\n
    Select your favourite PPAs and click on the \u2018Backup<\/strong>\u2018 button to create backup. All PPAs will be stored in a file called \u2018ppa.list<\/strong>\u2018 in the selected backup directory.<\/p>\n
    Backup Downloaded Packages (APT Cache)<\/h4>\n
    Click the \u2018Backup<\/strong>\u2018 button to copy all the downloaded packages to backup folder.<\/p>\n
    \n
    \"Aptik<\/a><\/p>\n
    Backup Downloaded Packages<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
    Note<\/strong>: All the downloaded packages stored under your \u2018\/var\/cache\/apt\/archives<\/strong>\u2018 folder will be copied to the backup folder.<\/p>\n
    This step is only useful if you are re-installing the same version of Linux distribution. This step can be skipped for upgradation of system, since all the packages for the new release will be latest than the packages in the system cache.<\/p>\n
    Backup Software Selections<\/h4>\n
    Clicking the \u2018Backup<\/strong>\u2018 button will show a list of all installed top-level packages.<\/p>\n
    \n
    \"Aptik<\/a><\/p>\n
    Software Selections<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
    Note<\/strong>: By default all the packages installed by Linux distribution are un-selected, because those packages are the part of Linux distribution. If required those packages can be selected for backup.<\/p>\n
    By default all extra packages installed by the user marked as selected, because those packages are installed via\u00a0Software Centre<\/strong>\u00a0or by running\u00a0apt-get install command<\/a>. If required those can be un-selected.<\/p>\n
    Select your favourite packages to backup and click the \u2018Backup<\/strong>\u2018 button. A file named \u2018packages.list<\/strong>\u2018 will be created under the backup directory.<\/p>\n
    Backup Backup Themes and Icons<\/h4>\n
    Click the \u2018Backup<\/strong>\u2018 button to list all the installed themes and icons from the \u2018\/usr\/share\/themes<\/strong>\u2018 and \u2018\/usr\/share\/icons<\/strong>\u2018 directories. Next, select your themes and click on the \u2018Backup<\/strong>\u2018 button to backup.<\/p>\n
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    \"Aptik<\/a><\/p>\n
    Backup Themes Icons<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
    Aptik Command-line Otions<\/h4>\n
    Run \u2018aptik \u2013help\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0on the terminal to see the full list of available options.<\/p>\n
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    \"Aptik<\/a><\/p>\n
    Command-line Options<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
    To restore those backups, you will need to install\u00a0Aptik<\/strong>\u00a0from its own\u00a0PPA<\/strong>\u00a0on the newly installed system. After this, hit the \u2018Restore<\/strong>\u2019 button to restore all your PPAs Packages, Themes and Icons to your freshly installed system.<\/p>\n
    Conclusion<\/h3>\n
    You may be wondering why such cool stuff is not by default available on Ubuntu? Ubuntu does it via \u2018Ubuntu One<\/strong>\u2018 and that too paid apps. What do you think about this tool? Share you views through our comment section.<\/p>\n
    Source<\/strong>:\u00a0Aptik<\/a><\/p>\n
    Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
    As we all know that\u00a0Ubuntu\u00a0has a six month release cycle for new version. All the\u00a0PPAs\u00a0and\u00a0Packages\u00a0of your choice also needs to be re-added, to avoid doing those stuffs and save your time, here we bringing a fantastic tool called \u2018Aptik\u2018. Aptik\u00a0(Automated Package Backup and Restore) is a\u00a0GUI\u00a0application that lets you backup your favourite\u00a0PPAsand\u00a0Packages. It is very … <\/p>\n
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