I am seeing this on Ubuntu 16.10. ~/.cache/deja-dup/ is on the /home filesystem.
$ dpkg -l duplicity deja-dup Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-==============-============-============-================================= ii deja-dup 34.2-0ubuntu amd64 Back up your files ii duplicity 0.7.06-2ubun amd64 encrypted bandwidth-efficient bac -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to duplicity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1217959 Title: 'metadata' file not found when creating backup ("Could not restore ‘/home/user /.cache/deja-dup/metadata’: File not found in backup" Status in Déjà Dup: Confirmed Status in duplicity package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Linux release: Ubuntu 13.04 64bit Kernel: 3.8.0-29-generic Python: 2.7.4 Deja Dup: 26.0 Duplicity: 0.6.21 Hi. I've tried to do my monthly or so backup recently, but Deja Dup crashed after trying to backup a very large file (VM disk with Windows 7, 50GB or so). I tried to do another one, this time excluding all my large VM's. However, now when trying to do a backup I'm getting the following error a few seconds after inputting my encryption password: Could not restore ‘/home/tom/.cache/deja-dup/metadata’: File not found in backup I've tried reinstalling both deja-dup and duplicity, purging duplicity, deleting deja-dup and duplicity from /home/tom/.cache, deleting the backup files on the external drive, deleting it's config as described here http://askubuntu.com/questions/53980/how-to-delete- all-the-settings-for-deja-dup. I know (well, I have some evidence supporting this) that the drive itself isn't faulty as I managed to backup my old laptop to the drive using duplicity and it worked fine (Fedora 19, deja dup 26.0 I think). I will upload the appropriate logs momentarily. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/deja-dup/+bug/1217959/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp