Restic is an open-source backup software that can be used to securely backup your files on different platforms. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Restic on FreeBSD latest.
Restic is written in the Go programming language. You can install the latest version of Go on FreeBSD by running the following command:
pkg install go
You can download the latest version of Restic from their official website. For this tutorial, we will download version 0.12.1.
Open your terminal and run the following command:
fetch https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/download/v0.12.1/restic_0.12.1_freebsd_amd64.bz2
Now that we have downloaded the Restic binary file, we need to extract it from the compressed archive. Run the following command to extract the file:
bunzip2 restic_0.12.1_freebsd_amd64.bz2
To use Restic, we need to move the Restic binary file to a location in the system path so that it can be accessed from anywhere. We will move the Restic binary file to the /usr/local/bin directory.
Run the following command to move the Restic binary file:
mv restic_0.12.1_freebsd_amd64 /usr/local/bin/restic
Now that we have installed Restic, we can check if it was installed correctly by running the command:
restic version
If the installation was successful, you should receive output similar to the following:
restic 0.12.1 (v0.12.1 compiled on 2021-05-01)
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Restic on FreeBSD latest.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Restic on FreeBSD latest. Restic is a powerful backup software that offers various features, and it can be used to securely backup your files.
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