In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Restic, a command-line utility for creating backups, on Elementary OS Latest.
Before you begin with the installation, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
We will add the Restic repository to our repository list so that we can install it using the package manager. To do that, first, update the package list:
sudo apt update
Now, install the software-properties-common package that enables you to manage repositories:
sudo apt install software-properties-common
Next, add the Restic repository to the system using the following command:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alexlarsson/restic
Now that we have added the repository, update the package list again:
sudo apt update
Install the Restic utility using the apt package manager:
sudo apt install restic
You can verify the installation by running the following command:
restic version
To test that Restic is working correctly, create a new repository and make the first backup using the following command:
restic -r /path/to/repo init
restic -r /path/to/repo backup /path/to/backup/
This will create a new repository at /path/to/repo and backup the contents of /path/to/backup/.
Congrats! You have successfully installed Restic on your Elementary OS latest system. Now you can use it to take backups of your data.
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