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Simple backup won't open from menu

Post by rdh61 »

Hi,

I installed Simple Backup, which now appears in the menu, but it won't launch from the menu. Where can I find the files to try to launch it directly? I have tried to search for them by entering "simple backup" and "sbackup" into the Gnome Search Tool, but it finds nothing.

Many thanks.
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lagagnon

Re: Simple backup won't open from menu

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Is this the software?: http://simplelinuxbkup.sourceforge.net/#downld
If so, that page says you need to run the config script first from the command line. Try that...
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Re: Simple backup won't open from menu

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Yes, this is the software I think. But I simply installed it with the package manager (sbackup). Problem is I don't know which directory it's installed into. However, I've found I can launch it with Gnome Do.
lagagnon

Re: Simple backup won't open from menu

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rdh61 wrote:Problem is I don't know which directory it's installed into.
Type "whereis sbackup" in a terminal.
marcdilnutt

Re: Simple backup won't open from menu

Post by marcdilnutt »

I am having the same problem too, it wont run from the gnome menu but when i navigate to menu/control centre/administration and click on the icon it runs ok. Very strange.
lagagnon

Re: Simple backup won't open from menu

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Right click on the Menu button, choose "Edit Menu", find the simple backup entry, edit it, what is the command line in the menu showing???
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Re: Simple backup won't open from menu

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su-to-root -x -c /usr/sbin/simple-backup-config
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Re: Simple backup won't open from menu

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whereis sback up: /etc/sbackup.conf/usr/share/sbackup
whereis simple-backup: /usr/share/man/man8/simple-backup.8.gz
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