How to use ARK

[Bumpalot]

Had to reinstall kubuntu 14.04 after a serious system crash. Completed this successfully.
Now I want to know the precise ARK steps to restore my KBackup /Home files (stored on an external USB drive).
Thanks in advance for your help!

[Teunis]

Most of the options are under the right-click menu of Dolphin.

So go to the back up and right-click it, select Open with Ark or Unpack to.

[Bumpalot]

Once ARK starts, what specific ARK items do I select. Tried before & got the wrong results!

[vinnywright]

are you trying to restore a Kbackup file ?

if so dose not Kbackup have a ,,restore from file option ?

VINNY

[claydoh]

Once ARK starts, what specific ARK items do I select. Tried before & got the wrong results!

Without being able to see what is in the archive, in terms of the file hierarchy, it will be difficult to tell you where to extract the whole archive to. You need to line up the folders to match the same folders in your home directory (/home/<your-username>/). If you can take a screenshot of the ark window, or describe the file structure inside the archive, it would help.

[Bumpalot]

OOOps - I chose the incorrect "reply" - see next post!

[vinnywright]

@claydoh wanted to see the archive opened in ark (to see what it contaned and how it was arranged) not the "extract to" dialogue.

VINNY

[Bumpalot]

I will choose the total contents, as this is a reinstall I'm creating.

[Bumpalot]

This is the rest of Ark content

[claydoh]

A couple different ways to do this, perhaps the simplest (to me at least) using ark would be to select all the files (ctrl-a) , then ctrl-click on "home" and then "bumpy" to de-select those 2, then tell ark to extract the files to /home/bumpy.

Technically, you would extract all the files in the archive to root (/), as that is how the backup tool has compressed the files. You could try that, but not sure if you would need kdesudo for that.

[Bumpalot]

Am in desperate help - Tried previous suggestions that did not work.
All I need to know are the ARK settings for extraction of my KBackup files.
My last ARK extraction:

IGNORE the other screen shots - they were done days ago 7 no longet relevant

The bumpy folder -Folder Permissions: bumpy) only contains blank usual folders-.
The home folder Folder Permissions: root - contain my extracted folders, which of course are useless.

The basic Ark extraction settings are:
1. Choose from the opened file list:
I selected root/home from the opened list -root home/bumpy
Extract into subfolder: bumpy
All files
Preserve paths when extracting

Sure would appreciate your suggestions so I can have my computer up & running (It's been 3 days now waiting for an answer). Thanks in advance