{"id":1100,"date":"2013-07-28T17:23:48","date_gmt":"2013-07-28T17:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=1100"},"modified":"2013-07-28T17:23:48","modified_gmt":"2013-07-28T17:23:48","slug":"install-areca-backup-in-ubuntu-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2013\/07\/install-areca-backup-in-ubuntu-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Areca Backup in Ubuntu Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This simple and brief tutorial shows you how to <b>download and install Areca Backup utility in Ubuntu Linux Unity Desktop.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Areca-Backup.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Areca-Backup-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"Areca Backup in ubuntu unity\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Areca-Backup-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Areca-Backup.jpg 894w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you may know, <i>Areca Backup<\/i> is an Open Source personal backup solution which is released under the General Public License (GPL) v2. It basically allows you to select a set of files \/ directories to back-up, choose where and how (as a simple file copy, as a zip archive, &#8230;) they will be stored, and configure post-backup actions (like sending backup reports by email or launching custom shell scripts).<\/p>\n<p><b>Download &#038; Install Areca Backup<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>The acrca backup depends on Java, so first install OpenJDK from Ubuntu Software Center or <a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2013\/07\/install-oracle-java-6-7-8-on-ubuntu-13-10\/\" target=\"_blank\">Oracle Java from ppa.<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p>The last stable version can be downloaded from below link:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sourceforge.net\/projects\/areca\/files\/areca-stable\/\" target=\"_blank\">download areca backup<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Choose to download the <b>areca-*-linux-gtk.tar.gz<\/b>. You may check 32-bit or 64-bit by opening Details from Unity Dash.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/download-areca-backup.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/download-areca-backup.jpg\" alt=\"download areca backup\" width=\"350\" height=\"150\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/download-areca-backup.jpg 350w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/download-areca-backup-300x128.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once downloading process finished, decompress the package and put the result folder to <b>\/opt\/<\/b> directory. To do so, press <u>Alt+F2<\/u> and type in <u>gksudo nautilus<\/u> to open file browser with root privilege.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/open-nautilus-asroot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/open-nautilus-asroot.jpg\" alt=\"open nautilus as root\" width=\"363\" height=\"210\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/open-nautilus-asroot.jpg 363w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/open-nautilus-asroot-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then move the extracted folder to computer -> \/opt\/ folder.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/move-to-opt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/move-to-opt.jpg\" alt=\"move-to-opt\" width=\"400\" height=\"203\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/move-to-opt.jpg 400w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/move-to-opt-300x152.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now you&#8217;re able to open this backup utility via command: <b>\/opt\/areca\/areca.sh<\/b> <\/p>\n<p><b>To create a launcher for Areca Backup<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Press <u>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/u> on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run below command to install required package:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt-get install gnome-panel --no-install-recommends<\/pre>\n<p>After that, run below commands to create the .desktop launcher file:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo gnome-desktop-item-edit \/usr\/share\/applications\/ --create-new<\/pre>\n<p>It brings up a dialog, where you can set the <b>icon, name, and command<\/b> of new launcher.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/launcher-for-areca.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/launcher-for-areca.jpg\" alt=\"launcher for areca backup\" width=\"465\" height=\"253\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/launcher-for-areca.jpg 465w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/launcher-for-areca-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once done, you&#8217;ll see <i>areca backup<\/i> in Unity Dash.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/areca-unity-dash.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/areca-unity-dash.jpg\" alt=\"areca backup in unity\" width=\"426\" height=\"205\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/areca-unity-dash.jpg 426w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/areca-unity-dash-300x144.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This simple and brief tutorial shows you how to download and install Areca Backup utility in Ubuntu Linux Unity Desktop. As you may know, Areca Backup is an Open Source personal backup solution which is released under the General Public License (GPL) v2. 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