Aptik Documentation

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Contents

• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Overview
  • 1.2. Supported Distributions
  • 1.3. Supported Hardware
  • 1.4. Installation
  • 1.5. Uninstall
  • 1.6. Trial & Refunds
  • 1.7. Support
  • 1.8. Known Issues & Limitations
• 2. Usage
  • 2.1. Taking a backup on the old system
  • 2.2. Restoring backups on the new system
  • 2.3. Backup All Sections instead of one by one
  • 2.4. Command-line Usage
    • 2.4.1. Backup All
    • 2.4.2. Restore All
    • 2.4.3. Remove All
  • 2.5. Use cases
    • 2.5.1. Move to the next release of a Linux distribution
    • 2.5.2. Create a portable disk when travelling
    • 2.5.3. Duplicate the same setup on multiple systems
• 3. Sections
  • 3.1. APT Repositories
    • 3.1.1. Backup
    • 3.1.2. Restore
  • 3.2. Software Packages - APT
    • 3.2.1. Backup
    • 3.2.2. Restore
  • 3.3. Software Packages - DEB
    • 3.3.1. Backup
    • 3.3.2. Restore
  • 3.4. Software Packages - Snap
    • 3.4.1. Backup
    • 3.4.2. Restore
  • 3.5. Software Packages - Flatpak
    • 3.5.1. Backup
    • 3.5.2. Restore
  • 3.6. Mount Entries
    • 3.6.1. Backup
    • 3.6.2. Restore
  • 3.7. Users & Groups
    • 3.7.1. Backup
    • 3.7.2. Restore
    • 3.7.3. Notes
  • 3.8. Home Directory Data
    • 3.8.1. Backup
    • 3.8.2. Restore
    • 3.8.3. Notes
  • 3.9. Desktop Settings
    • 3.9.1. Backup
    • 3.9.2. Restore
  • 3.10. Scheduled Tasks
    • 3.10.1. Backup
    • 3.10.2. Restore
  • 3.11. Icons
    • 3.11.1. Backup
    • 3.11.2. Restore
  • 3.12. Themes
    • 3.12.1. Backup
    • 3.12.2. Restore
  • 3.13. Fonts
    • 3.13.1. Backup
    • 3.13.2. Restore
  • 3.14. Miscellaneous (Advanced)
    • 3.14.1. Backup
    • 3.14.2. Restore
  • 3.15. Scripts (Advanced)
    • 3.15.1. Backup
    • 3.15.2. Restore
• 4. Miscellaneous
  • 4.1. Scheduled Refresh
  • 4.2. Restore Script
• 5. Command-line Reference
• 6. Frequently Asked Questions
  • 6.1. Saving backups to NTFS drives
  • 6.2. Home directory on separate partition
  • 6.3. Symbolic links in home folder
  • 6.4. Aptik’s repository is not visible in Ubuntu’s ‘Software & Updates’ tool
• 7. Changelog
  • 7.1. Version 23.07 (2023-07-01)
  • 7.2. Version 22.11 (2022-11-19)
  • 7.3. Version 22.10 (2022-10-15)
  • 7.4. Version 22.06.3 (2022-08-07)
  • 7.5. Version 22.06.2 (2022-08-07)
  • 7.6. Version 22.06.1 (2022-07-02)
  • 7.7. Version 22.06 (2022-06-26)
  • 7.8. Version 22.04 (2022-04-10)
  • 7.9. Version 21.12.2 (2022-02-13)
  • 7.10. Version 21.12.1 (2022-01-02)
  • 7.11. Version 21.12 (2021-12-05)
  • 7.12. Version 21.07.2 (2021-08-29)
  • 7.13. Version 21.07.1 (2021-08-28)
  • 7.14. Version 21.07 (2021-07-18)
  • 7.15. Version 21.02 (2021-02-21)
  • 7.16. Version 20.08 (2020-08-09)
  • 7.17. Version 19.12 (2019-12-14)
  • 7.18. Version 18.06 (2018-06-30)
  • 7.19. Version 18.5.2 (2018-05-12)
  • 7.20. Version 18.5 (2017-05-01)