How to restore from another account's backup? (deja-dup won't recognize backup)











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So, to clarify the question, I had a backup on another Ubuntu account, but I had to reinstall Ubuntu over it, but still have said backup on my external hard drive. I went into deja-dup and attempted to specify the folder where the backup was located but it repeatedly says "no backup to restore in this location". So I guess it's a two pronged question. Is there some flag in duplicity that I could somehow trigger to get it to recognize a different backup or something? If not am I just sol?






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  • What format are these backup files - Your ubuntu account shouldn't have anything to do with these archives or do you mean your user account on your Ubuntu Desktop is different for the backups?
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So, to clarify the question, I had a backup on another Ubuntu account, but I had to reinstall Ubuntu over it, but still have said backup on my external hard drive. I went into deja-dup and attempted to specify the folder where the backup was located but it repeatedly says "no backup to restore in this location". So I guess it's a two pronged question. Is there some flag in duplicity that I could somehow trigger to get it to recognize a different backup or something? If not am I just sol?






backup restore deja-dup duplicity







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  • What format are these backup files - Your ubuntu account shouldn't have anything to do with these archives or do you mean your user account on your Ubuntu Desktop is different for the backups?
    – SD Allen
    Nov 22 at 13:55













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So, to clarify the question, I had a backup on another Ubuntu account, but I had to reinstall Ubuntu over it, but still have said backup on my external hard drive. I went into deja-dup and attempted to specify the folder where the backup was located but it repeatedly says "no backup to restore in this location". So I guess it's a two pronged question. Is there some flag in duplicity that I could somehow trigger to get it to recognize a different backup or something? If not am I just sol?






backup restore deja-dup duplicity







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So, to clarify the question, I had a backup on another Ubuntu account, but I had to reinstall Ubuntu over it, but still have said backup on my external hard drive. I went into deja-dup and attempted to specify the folder where the backup was located but it repeatedly says "no backup to restore in this location". So I guess it's a two pronged question. Is there some flag in duplicity that I could somehow trigger to get it to recognize a different backup or something? If not am I just sol?






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  • What format are these backup files - Your ubuntu account shouldn't have anything to do with these archives or do you mean your user account on your Ubuntu Desktop is different for the backups?
    – SD Allen
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  • What format are these backup files - Your ubuntu account shouldn't have anything to do with these archives or do you mean your user account on your Ubuntu Desktop is different for the backups?
    – SD Allen
    Nov 22 at 13:55
















What format are these backup files - Your ubuntu account shouldn't have anything to do with these archives or do you mean your user account on your Ubuntu Desktop is different for the backups?
– SD Allen
Nov 22 at 13:55




What format are these backup files - Your ubuntu account shouldn't have anything to do with these archives or do you mean your user account on your Ubuntu Desktop is different for the backups?
– SD Allen
Nov 22 at 13:55















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