linux-upgrade.md

1. Backup /etc

tar -zcvf backup_etc.tar.gz /etc/

2. Backup mysql databases

mysqldump -u root -p --all-databases | gzip > backup_mysql-$(date '+%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S' ).sql.gz

3. Backup installed packages

Backup PPA list

ppa-list-all > backup_ppa_list.txt

After install Aptik:

• https://askubuntu.com/questions/694067/make-a-backup-of-the-installed-packages-on-ubuntu-like-linux-mint
• https://launchpad.net/apt-toolkit

Backup installed packages:

sudo aptik --backup-packages

4. Backup user configs

Backup config files from /home/

sudo aptik  --backup-configs --user <username>