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teejee2008 / aptik

Command-line tool for migrating system settings and data for distributions based on Debian, Arch and Fedora. Can backup and restore software repositories, packages, icons, themes, fonts, users, groups, home data, dconf settings, fstab/crypttab entries, and cron tasks.
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Application launcher disappeared in Ubuntu 16.04 #8

Closed arderyp closed 6 years ago

arderyp commented 6 years ago

I've been using Aptik for the past 2 years on Ubuntu 16, running it monthly. All of a sudden, the application launcher registry disappeared... that is, I am no longer able to search for 'Aptik' in the Unity launcher and find/launch the app. I do still have the command line option, so the software is still installed. I tried removing it and reinstalling it with apt, but still no luck. I am not sure what system backup broke this. I keep Ubuntu up to date, and I did notice an Aptik update within the last month, but didn't try running the application immediately after that.

This seems to have affected all of the various machines on which I have Aptik installed (all running Ubuntu 16.04). I just now noticed that the Application launcher is not available on any of them.

Is there any suggestion for how to go about launching the GUI from the command line, or resolving this issue otherwise?

arderyp commented 6 years ago

nevermind, looks like a resolution in another issue resolves this: https://github.com/teejee2008/aptik/issues/6

$ sudo apt install aptik-gtk
...
$ atik-gtk
arderyp commented 6 years ago

Well, that allowed the GUI to launch, but now the BACKUP button doesn't do anything...

teejee2008 commented 6 years ago

The Backup button on General tab is for selecting the mode. Use the other tabs - All Items, Repos, Packages,...etc - for creating backups

arderyp commented 6 years ago

@teejee2008, thanks for the inso. Does this mean the old "One Click Backup" options has been removed? If so, is there a reason? It was mighty convenient...

arderyp commented 6 years ago

nevermind, I see the "backup all item" option now, thanks!