Failed to execute child process ("Duplicity") (No such file or directory)

[Efraim Arie Staub]

Failed to execute child process ("Duplicity") (No such file or directory)
Backup failed.

[Seth Livingston (webdevbyseth)]

I'm also getting this error when Backups launches on Ubuntu 16.04. The problem is that duplicity is not installed by default.

    sudo apt install duplicity
    sudo apt install python-gi

Fixes the problem.

Source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/36826277/ubuntu-16-04-built-in-back-up-app-deja-dup-wont-work

[Efraim Arie Staub (efistaub)]

Thank you very much, all right!

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2016-08-29 14:42 GMT+03:00 Seth Livingston <email address hidden>:

> I'm also getting this error when Backups launches on Ubuntu 16.04. The
> problem is that duplicity is not installed by default.
>
> sudo apt install duplicity
> sudo apt install python-gi
>
> Fixes the problem.
>
> Source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/36826277/ubuntu-16-04-built-
> in-back-up-app-deja-dup-wont-work
>
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> Title:
> Failed to execute child process ("Duplicity") (No such file or
> directory)
>
> Status in Déjà Dup:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Failed to execute child process ("Duplicity") (No such file or directory)
> Backup failed.
>
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[Naël (nathanael-naeri)]

Just ran into this problem. If I understand correctly, it's not duplicity and python-gi we're supposed to install, but one of the Déjà Dup backends, which in turn depend on duplicity and python-<whatever-is-needed>:

deja-dup-backend-gvfs to backup to FTP, SSH, WebDAV, and Windows Shares
deja-dup-backend-cloudfiles to backup to Rackspace Cloudfiles
deja-dup-backend-s3 to backup to Amazon S3

See bug 1641423.