Déjà Dup

After choosing the link for Ubuntu I am asked to couple it with an application. What to choose?

Asked by Bram van Leeuwen

I have now Ubuntu 11.4 and want to have a back-up possibility. Through Ub software centre I came on this program, but I don't understand how to install it. Ubuntu asks me to link it with an application. I suspect that I cannot choose just an application at random; is there a logical application to connect it onto?
Can you point me to an explanation?

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Michael Terry (mterry) said : 		#1

Hmm, I'm not sure I know what you mean by linking it with an application.

But, this is what you do:
 * Find Deja Dup in the Ubuntu Software Center
 * Click "Install"
 * Enter your password and wait for Deja Dup to finish installing
 * Click on the top left Ubuntu logo that will open the 'dash' (or alternatively open the 'Applications' icon on the left-side launcher)
 * Search for 'backup'
 * Click on 'Deja Dup Backup Tool'

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Bram van Leeuwen (bramdod) said : 		#2

Sorry to have formulated not clearly. What you indicate I have done and the program is installed and I have already successfully made a back-up.
However the version installed is older than indicated when you click on "website" in the Ubuntu software center. There a newer version is presented and I wanted to install that one. When I downloaded the newer version Ubuntu says: look for an application to open it. Then the newer version can be installed. From your answer I suppose I have to open the already installed version to proceed?

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Best Michael Terry (mterry) said : 		#3

Ah. You sound like you are trying to download 19.4. Specifically, that you downloaded the deja-dup-19.4.tar.bz2 file and tried to open it that way. tar.bz2 files are not a user-friendly way to distribute releases, but they are what distributions like Ubuntu use to make their own user-friendly packages.

I don't recommend using the 19.x development series until it becomes the stable 20.0 release. But if you are curious to test the latest code, you can using this PPA: https://launchpad.net/~deja-dup-team/+archive/testing

Was there a specific feature you wanted from 19.x? Ubuntu One support still wouldn't be available unless you use Ubuntu 11.10's prereleases, since it requires newer versions of other code on the system.

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Bram van Leeuwen (bramdod) said : 		#4

Thanks for your explanation; I'll stay with the program already working.