Create backup of all installed packages in ubuntu

This post was written by admin on September 1, 2009
Posted Under: General

APTonCD is a backup tool with a graphical interface that you can create backup of all the packages installed using apt-get,synaptic,creating a removable repository that you can use on other computers.

To install APTonCD,run following command in terminal:

sudo apt-get install aptoncd

When installation finish,open the application at System->Administration->APTonCD.

You’ll see Create and Restore buttons in the window,you can also find them in Tools menu.

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Click Create,this window pop up and all of installed packages will select in box automatically.

Click Add button to add more packages you want to backup,then click Burn to start.

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If you want to restore the packages,click on Restore or Tools->Restore files.Put a CD into your CD-Rom or select the packages from an APTonCD media.

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    excuse me i have one question about this program ,
    when i start my computer and start from recovery mode and chose clean and restart my computer , open aptoncd program i can’t found the installed packages. are you know why?

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    Written By x-max on November 8th, 2009 @ 9:59 pm

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