Restic is a free, open-source backup software that is designed to be efficient and secure. It can be used to backup and restore data from various sources including local disks, S3 compatible cloud storage, and many more. In this tutorial, we will be guiding you on how to install Restic on Clear Linux latest.
Download the Restic binary that matches your system architecture.
$ curl -L https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/download/v0.12.0/restic_0.12.0_linux_amd64.bz2 --output restic.bz2
Extract the Restic binary by running the following command:
$ bunzip2 restic.bz2
After extracting the binary, make it executable by running the following command:
$ chmod +x restic
You need to move the Restic binary to a directory that is already in your PATH environment variable so that you can execute the binary from anywhere in your system. For example, you can move it to /usr/local/bin/ directory by running the following command:
$ sudo mv restic /usr/local/bin/
To verify that Restic is successfully installed on your system, run the following command:
$ restic version
You should see the following output:
restic 0.12.0 compiled with go1.15.6 on linux/amd64
That's it! Restic is now installed on your Clear Linux Latest system.
In this tutorial, we have demonstrated how to install Restic on Clear Linux Latest. Restic is a versatile backup software, it provides simple and easy to use CLI tool to back up your data securely. We encourage to test out Restic and configure it for your specific use case.
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