restore duplicity backup

[stevef]

It should just be three steps.

Obviously I don't know your filenames, so make sure you replace the examples I've used with your actual.

I've assumed your archive disk is unplugged at the start.
Right click on the desktop and click "open terminal here"
All commands within single quote marks like 'df h' are entered in the terminal window and require return/enter to action
Make sure not to type the quote mark and make sure to replace any example with actual

Step 1  Locating the directory containing your archive set.

Type the command 'df -h'

Plug in the drive with the archive files on it
Wait a few seconds for it to mount

retype 'df -h'

Compare the output of the two commands.  The second output should have an extra line for the archive disc.
Make a careful note of the "mounted on" field of the archive drive.  It will look something like

/media/example_yourname/example_yourdiskname

Type in 'cd /media/example_yourname/example_yourdisk' replacing example_yourname and example_yourdisk with the actual names you noted above.

Type in 'ls' to list the files and directories on the archive disk.

If you didn't specify a path when creating the archive you should see the files of the archive set.
You now have the location (/media/example_yourname/example_yourdiskname) so goto step 2

If you specified a path when making the archive you should now see the directory you made at the time.
Check the file set is in there

Type 'cd example_yourdirectoryname' and then 'ls'.

If you see the files of the archive set you now have the location you need (/media/example_yourname/example_yourdiskname/example_yourdirectoryname)

Step 2 Create a directory for the extraction

Type in 'cd ~' to take you to your home directory.  Use 'ls' to check.

Create a new directory called 'extracthere' in your home directory in which to try to extract the archive.

Type in 'mkdir -p extracthere'

Check it is there using 'ls'

Step 3 Attempt extraction

If you didn't encrypt your archive when you created it type in the following - make sure to replace the text after file:// with the path and directory you found in step 1.  If you used encryption leave off the ' --no-encryption' part.  The command will like

'duplicity --gio file:///media/example_yourname/example_yourdisk /home/example_yourname/extracthere --no-encryption'

or

'duplicity --gio file:///media/example_yourname/example_yourdisk/example_yourdirectory /home/example_yourname/extracthere --no-encryption'

If this works, it should unarchive all files you backed up into your home "extracthere" directory

If this doesn't work you need to show us what's going on.