Duplicati versions install mess up!

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@Henr

My Duplicati is “Canary”. I just discovered that this is the unstable development version, and not the stable version, so I am a bit shocked.

This is covered in the forum, release notices, docs, and Duplicati. Stable is actually quite new, but before the first one recently, the Beta version was the best-tested. Canary is always an initial view.

@Henr

I tried downloading the newest stable version from Download Duplicati application and installing it (on Ubuntu 20.04). But when trying to open it, it said “First run setup”, as if I had never used Duplicati before.

I keep asking for the download page to say something about the important changes, including new password requirement. If you never had one before, you need one now. Here’s the release notice:

v2.1.0.5_stable_2025-03-04

Or if you prefer the forum announcement (which accepts comments – especially handy for Canary users to see what’s right or wrong with a given one – as noted, these are initial release for testing):

@kenkendk

Important changes from 2.0.8.1 or older:

• Updated to .NET8 with OS specific builds
• Using Kestrel as the API/UI server
• Mandatory password and new authentication scheme for server
• Settings database version updated to v8
• Backup database updated to v13
• Automatic updating not supported

The mandatory password is detailed (but could always use more details) in the documentation:

Duplicati Access Password

This is also linked from the login screen in case someone gets surprised by the password need.

@Henr

it said “First run setup”

For brand new users, it’s first run. For existing users, it comes up to make it easy to set password.
If you missed that opportunity, you can get in password-free from the TrayIcon, then use Settings screen to put on a password in case you ever like to directly browse in with a URL or a bookmark.

@Henr

So this is a total mess…!

Not really IMO, but notification of users could be better, and the original problem IMO is not from Duplicati itself, but from an error in how the update is being directed. Here are some references:

Upgrade 2.0.7.1_beta_2023-05-25 to 2.1.0.2

Could someone help me? I’m on Windows version 2.0.7.1, the console indicates upgrade to 2.1.0.2, I order the upgrade to run but it doesn’t finish. I read that the automatic update is not done in this case, but I couldn’t find the right way to do it. How can I update? Thanks

Upgrade to last version

Hello, currentry I’am using duplicati version 2.0.7.1_beta_2023-05-25 (2.0.7.1). I receive the message “Found update” with button choices “Show” “Install” “Dismiss” I click on “Install” and “Downloading” progress bar appear. After some seconds it desappears and again appears the previous message “Found update” with button choices “Show” “Install” “Dismiss” I check the version and still remain th 2.0.7.1_beta_2023-05-25 (2.0.7.1). The question is: how to upgrade dulplicato to last versi…

@kenkendk any chance the manifest files could get fixed soon to avoid confusing more users?

EDIT 1:

I’ll concede that seeing a popup titled “First run setup” could be worrisome to a current user, but content should make it clear what it’s trying to do. It repeats some of what I said above. The text:

Duplicati needs to be secured with a passphrase and a random passphrase has been generated for you.\nIf you open Duplicati from the tray icon, you do not need a passphrase, but if you plan to open it from another location you need to set a passphrase you know.\nDo you want to set a passphrase now?

This popup is not shown if a password already exists, but I’d guess most previous users lack one.

I’d agree with this topic’s title saying “Duplicati versions install mess up”, and hope it will get fixed.