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I got many errors when first time trying to setup deja-dup. Now, I get only the following thing which is a similar warning as you get when python2-deprecation warnings.

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The install button stays there all the time. You cannot start backup.

I do Ads20000's proposal successfully, which resolves the issue in the screenshot

sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install -f
sudo apt-get remove deja-dup 
sudo apt-get install deja-dup

However, output when trying to write to NTFS disc, where you should be able to use NTFS disc as discussed here

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I think the only solution is here the following where I however cannot found the mounted NTFS disc: it is not in /media/masi/. I started it as root but the file-directory tree is so much different 

gksu deja-dup-preferences

How can you find the backup disc now when doing backups as root? I am not sure if this is a good way to do backups so please correct if not.

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System: Ubuntu 16.04
Deja-dup: 34.2
Hardware: Macbook Air 2013-mid
Linux kernel: 4.6

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To fix the original issue, try the following commands:

To make sure your computer is fully up-to-date:

sudo apt update ; sudo apt upgrade

To resolve any dependency issues which may exist:

sudo apt install -f

To see if reinstalling the program helps:

sudo apt remove deja-dup ; sudo apt install deja-dup

As for the issue with permissions, I'm not sure deja-dup does full backups very well because, as you have found, you have to run it as root and then you have problems with your mounted drive. Either just backup your home folder, or use a different tool (see this question, though having done some other Googling people seem to recommend Clonezilla a fair bit). This Launchpad Question back from 2010 seems to suggest that deja-dup doesn't do full backups very well, maybe that issue hasn't been worked on much since then.

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