BorgBackup is a great tool for backing up and securing your data, and it is available for Debian Latest operating system. Here is a step-by-step tutorial on how to install BorgBackup on Debian Latest using GitHub.
Before we start the installation process, you need to ensure that the following requirements are met:
Follow the step-by-step process below on how to install BorgBackup on Debian Latest using GitHub:
Open the terminal application on your Debian Latest system.
Install the dependencies required for BorgBackup using the following command:
sudo apt-get install python3-dev gcc libacl1-dev liblz4-dev liblzma-dev libssl-dev
Once the dependencies are installed, we can now download BorgBackup from GitHub. To do this, use the following command to clone the BorgBackup repository:
sudo git clone https://github.com/borgbackup/borg.git
Once the cloning is done, navigate to the BorgBackup directory using the following command:
cd borg
Now we will use the Python package installer, pip, to install BorgBackup. If you don't have pip installed, you can install it using the following command:
sudo apt-get install python3-pip
Once pip is installed, run the following command to install BorgBackup:
sudo pip3 install -e .
This command will install BorgBackup in development mode, which means any changes made to the source code will take effect immediately.
Once the installation is complete, verify that BorgBackup is installed correctly by running the following command:
borg --version
This command will display the version of BorgBackup that is installed on your system.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed BorgBackup on Debian Latest using GitHub.
BorgBackup is a great tool for backing up and securing your data, and it is straightforward to install on Debian Latest using GitHub. By following the steps outlined in this tutorial, you should now have BorgBackup installed and ready to use on your Debian Latest system.
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