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Git Clone URL:	https://aur.archlinux.org/backintime.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base:	backintime
Description:	Simple backup system inspired from the Flyback Project and TimeVault. CLI version.
Upstream URL:	https://github.com/bit-team/backintime
Licenses:	GPL-1.0-or-later
Submitter:	None
Maintainer:	graysky
Last Packager:	graysky
Votes:	305
Popularity:	0.23
First Submitted:	2009-01-09 20:46 (UTC)
Last Updated:	2026-03-22 09:46 (UTC)

Dependencies (12)

openssh (openssh-git^AUR, openssh-gssapi^AUR, openssh-selinux^AUR, openssh-hpn-shim^AUR)
python-dbus
python-keyring
python-packaging
rsync (rsync-git^AUR)
sshfs
asciidoctor (make)
man-db (make)
python-pyfakefs (make)
backintime^AUR (backintime-git^AUR) (optional) – Qt6 GUI version
encfs (optional) – encrypted filesystem in user-space
gocryptfs (gocryptfs-git^AUR) (optional) – encrypted overlay filesystem

Required by (1)

backintime

Sources (3)

Pinned Comments

graysky commented on 2023-10-07 12:15 (UTC)

Using an AUR helper such as yay to build packages including backintime is HIGHLY discouraged. The recommended build method is to use a clean chroot. See: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/DeveloperWiki:Building_in_a_clean_chroot

I wrote a script that automates much of that called clean-chroot-manager offered here in the AUR.

Please stop posting build failures because you insist on building with yay or other AUR helpers.

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MickeyRat commented on 2026-02-17 16:10 (UTC) (edited on 2026-02-17 16:42 (UTC) by MickeyRat)

This didn't update for me the first time I tried. To get it to update, I did the following:

sudo pacman -Rns backintime backintime-cli
sudo rm -r /usr/share/backintime

I didn't use an AUR helper like yay. In case anyone else is having trouble.

graysky commented on 2026-02-08 18:26 (UTC)

You should report this upstream

yochananmarqos commented on 2026-02-08 18:15 (UTC)

@graysky: The GUI crashes going to Help > man page: Profiles config file as the backintime-config man page ends up in /usr/share/man/man1/ instead of /usr/share/man/man5/.

NickNackGus commented on 2025-10-18 04:36 (UTC)

@graysky Can you please update this package to 1.5.6? There's a fix for a crash when managing profiles that appeared with the release of qt6.

Xwang commented on 2025-08-23 16:25 (UTC)

@graysky by reading the two PKBUILDS indeed I've seen that they are the same so I do not understand how and why two different pages are present in the AUR. Moreover is it not clear to me how to prevent the building of the backintime one if I want only backintime-cli being built, should I use any option?

willemw commented on 2025-08-19 07:46 (UTC)

@buthz: Also, there are no two copies. They both refer to the same package base file in the AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/backintime. It is all the same file.

graysky commented on 2025-08-19 07:36 (UTC)

How do you figure?

https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=backintime#n43 https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=backintime#n59

buhtz commented on 2025-08-19 07:02 (UTC)

But the PKGBUILD file is identical for both packages.

graysky commented on 2025-08-19 06:57 (UTC)

This package seems identical to the backintime one that depends on it. Why do we have two packages with the same PKGBUILD?

It is a split package to give user the option to have a cli only (backintime-cli) or both the cli and the qt6 GUI (backintime). I highly recommend that you ALWAYS read the PKGBUILD before installing anything from the AUR. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_User_Repository#Advisorary_statements

buhtz commented on 2025-08-19 05:41 (UTC)

Hello Graysky, you might have missed the question from Xwang? https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/backintime-cli#comment-1034790 I am also interested in the answer. Regards, Christian