backup-manager software package provides command-line backup tool, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install backup-manager
backup-manager is installed in your system.
Make ensure the backup-manager package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep backup-manager *
You will get with backup-manager package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Administration Utilities |
| Package | backup-manager |
| Version | 0.7.10.1-2 |
| Description | command-line backup tool |
| Sub Section | admin |