Go here <https://launchpad.net/~duplicity-team/+archive/ubuntu/ppa> and add the repository to your list. apt-get update / upgrade will bring in the latest version which is a lot newer than the one you have.
0.6.21 is at least 3 years old and has been superseded. On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 3:46 AM, Leon Arundell <[email protected]> wrote: > Please upgrade the status of this bug to "High." > > It has occurred several times on my Ubuntu 14.04 system in the past two > months, and means that I cannot reliably use Duplicity to do incremental > backups. The main alternatives seem to only offer time- and space- > consuming complete backups. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to > duplicity in Ubuntu. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1217959 > > Title: > 'metadata' file not found when creating backup ("Could not restore > ‘/home/user /.cache/deja-dup/metadata’: File not found in backup" > > Status in Déjà Dup: > Confirmed > Status in duplicity package in Ubuntu: > New > > Bug description: > Linux release: Ubuntu 13.04 64bit > Kernel: 3.8.0-29-generic > Python: 2.7.4 > Deja Dup: 26.0 > Duplicity: 0.6.21 > > Hi. I've tried to do my monthly or so backup recently, but Deja Dup > crashed after trying to backup a very large file (VM disk with Windows > 7, 50GB or so). I tried to do another one, this time excluding all my > large VM's. However, now when trying to do a backup I'm getting the > following error a few seconds after inputting my encryption password: > > Could not restore ‘/home/tom/.cache/deja-dup/metadata’: File not found > in backup > > I've tried reinstalling both deja-dup and duplicity, purging > duplicity, deleting deja-dup and duplicity from /home/tom/.cache, > deleting the backup files on the external drive, deleting it's config > as described here http://askubuntu.com/questions/53980/how-to-delete- > all-the-settings-for-deja-dup. I know (well, I have some evidence > supporting this) that the drive itself isn't faulty as I managed to > backup my old laptop to the drive using duplicity and it worked fine > (Fedora 19, deja dup 26.0 I think). I will upload the appropriate logs > momentarily. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/deja-dup/+bug/1217959/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to duplicity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1217959 Title: 'metadata' file not found when creating backup ("Could not restore ‘/home/user /.cache/deja-dup/metadata’: File not found in backup" Status in Déjà Dup: Confirmed Status in duplicity package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Linux release: Ubuntu 13.04 64bit Kernel: 3.8.0-29-generic Python: 2.7.4 Deja Dup: 26.0 Duplicity: 0.6.21 Hi. I've tried to do my monthly or so backup recently, but Deja Dup crashed after trying to backup a very large file (VM disk with Windows 7, 50GB or so). I tried to do another one, this time excluding all my large VM's. However, now when trying to do a backup I'm getting the following error a few seconds after inputting my encryption password: Could not restore ‘/home/tom/.cache/deja-dup/metadata’: File not found in backup I've tried reinstalling both deja-dup and duplicity, purging duplicity, deleting deja-dup and duplicity from /home/tom/.cache, deleting the backup files on the external drive, deleting it's config as described here http://askubuntu.com/questions/53980/how-to-delete- all-the-settings-for-deja-dup. I know (well, I have some evidence supporting this) that the drive itself isn't faulty as I managed to backup my old laptop to the drive using duplicity and it worked fine (Fedora 19, deja dup 26.0 I think). I will upload the appropriate logs momentarily. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/deja-dup/+bug/1217959/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
