From a31e49386d3baed8bd24805b505198b633a98cf1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: darksun Date: Sun, 5 May 2019 10:27:09 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?=E9=80=89=E9=A2=98:=2020190505=20apt-clone=20:?= =?UTF-8?q?=20Backup=20Installed=20Packages=20And=20Restore=20Those=20On?= =?UTF-8?q?=20Fresh=20Ubuntu=20System=20sources/tech/20190505=20apt-clone?= =?UTF-8?q?=20-=20Backup=20Installed=20Packages=20And=20Restore=20Those=20?= =?UTF-8?q?On=20Fresh=20Ubuntu=20System.md?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- ...nd Restore Those On Fresh Ubuntu System.md | 121 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 121 insertions(+) create mode 100644 sources/tech/20190505 apt-clone - Backup Installed Packages And Restore Those On Fresh Ubuntu System.md diff --git a/sources/tech/20190505 apt-clone - Backup Installed Packages And Restore Those On Fresh Ubuntu System.md b/sources/tech/20190505 apt-clone - Backup Installed Packages And Restore Those On Fresh Ubuntu System.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ab8efd7599 --- /dev/null +++ b/sources/tech/20190505 apt-clone - Backup Installed Packages And Restore Those On Fresh Ubuntu System.md @@ -0,0 +1,121 @@ +[#]: collector: (lujun9972) +[#]: translator: ( ) +[#]: reviewer: ( ) +[#]: publisher: ( ) +[#]: url: ( ) +[#]: subject: (apt-clone : Backup Installed Packages And Restore Those On Fresh Ubuntu System) +[#]: via: (https://www.2daygeek.com/apt-clone-backup-installed-packages-and-restore-them-on-fresh-ubuntu-system/) +[#]: author: (Magesh Maruthamuthu https://www.2daygeek.com/author/magesh/) + +apt-clone : Backup Installed Packages And Restore Those On Fresh Ubuntu System +====== + +Package installation is become more easier on Ubuntu/Debian based systems when we use apt-clone utility. + +apt-clone will work for you, if you want to build few systems with same set of packages. + +It’s time consuming process if you want to build and install necessary packages manually on each systems. + +It can be achieved in many ways and there are many utilities are available in Linux. + +We have already wrote an article about **[Aptik][1]** in the past. + +It’s one of the utility that allow Ubuntu users to backup and restore system settings and data + +### What Is apt-clone? + +[apt-clone][2] lets allow you to create backup of all installed packages for your Debian/Ubuntu systems that can be restored on freshly installed systems (or containers) or into a directory. + +This backup can be restored on multiple systems with same operating system version and architecture. + +### How To Install apt-clone? + +The apt-clone package is available on Ubuntu/Debian official repository so, use **[apt Package Manager][3]** or **[apt-get Package Manager][4]** to install it. + +Install apt-clone package using apt package manager. + +``` +$ sudo apt install apt-clone +``` + +Install apt-clone package using apt-get package manager. + +``` +$ sudo apt-get install apt-clone +``` + +### How To Backup Installed Packages Using apt-clone? + +Once you have successfully installed the apt-clone package. Simply give a location where do you want to save the backup file. + +We are going to save the installed packages backup under `/backup` directory. + +The apt-clone utility will save the installed packages list into `apt-clone-state-Ubuntu18.2daygeek.com.tar.gz` file. + +``` +$ sudo apt-clone clone /backup +``` + +We can check the same by running the ls Command. + +``` +$ ls -lh /backup/ +total 32K +-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29K Apr 20 19:06 apt-clone-state-Ubuntu18.2daygeek.com.tar.gz +``` + +Run the following command to view the details of the backup file. + +``` +$ apt-clone info /backup/apt-clone-state-Ubuntu18.2daygeek.com.tar.gz +Hostname: Ubuntu18.2daygeek.com +Arch: amd64 +Distro: bionic +Meta: libunity-scopes-json-def-desktop, ubuntu-desktop +Installed: 1792 pkgs (194 automatic) +Date: Sat Apr 20 19:06:43 2019 +``` + +As per the above output, totally we have 1792 packages in the backup file. + +### How To Restore The Backup Which Was Taken Using apt-clone? + +You can use any of the remote copy utility to copy the files on remote server. + +``` +$ scp /backup/apt-clone-state-ubunt-18-04.tar.gz Destination-Server:/opt +``` + +Once you copy the file then perform the restore using apt-clone utility. + +Run the following command to restore it. + +``` +$ sudo apt-clone restore /opt/apt-clone-state-Ubuntu18.2daygeek.com.tar.gz +``` + +Make a note, The restore will override your existing `/etc/apt/sources.list` and will install/remove packages. So be careful. + +If you want to restore all the packages into a folder instead of actual restore, you can do it by using the following command. + +``` +$ sudo apt-clone restore /opt/apt-clone-state-Ubuntu18.2daygeek.com.tar.gz --destination /opt/oldubuntu +``` + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +via: https://www.2daygeek.com/apt-clone-backup-installed-packages-and-restore-them-on-fresh-ubuntu-system/ + +作者：[Magesh Maruthamuthu][a] +选题：[lujun9972][b] +译者：[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID) +校对：[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID) + +本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创编译，[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出 + +[a]: https://www.2daygeek.com/author/magesh/ +[b]: https://github.com/lujun9972 +[1]: https://www.2daygeek.com/aptik-backup-restore-ppas-installed-apps-users-data/ +[2]: https://github.com/mvo5/apt-clone +[3]: https://www.2daygeek.com/apt-command-examples-manage-packages-debian-ubuntu-systems/ +[4]: https://www.2daygeek.com/apt-get-apt-cache-command-examples-manage-packages-debian-ubuntu-systems/