Restic is a fast, efficient and secure backup utility that is designed to store encrypted backups in a variety of locations such as a local directory, SFTP server, Amazon S3, etc. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Restic on MXLinux Latest.
Before we begin with the installation of Restic, make sure that you have the following prerequisites ready:
Now let's begin with the installation process of Restic on MXLinux Latest.
Before installing any new package, it's recommended to update your system to ensure that everything is up to date. Open a terminal window and run the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
Restic requires some dependencies to be installed before we can proceed with its installation. Run the following command in the terminal to install the dependencies:
sudo apt install fuse \
gnupg \
libbz2-dev \
liblz4-dev \
liblzma-dev \
libzstd-dev \
build-essential
You can download the latest version of Restic by visiting the official website https://restic.net/ and download the binary according to your system architecture. Alternatively, you can also download Restic using the following command:
wget https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/download/v0.12.0/restic_0.12.0_linux_amd64.bz2
The above command will download the Restic binary for Linux (amd64). Replace the version number and architecture according to your system.
After downloading Restic, we need to extract the binary and install it to make it available system-wide. Run the following commands:
bzip2 -d restic_0.12.0_linux_amd64.bz2
sudo cp restic_0.12.0_linux_amd64 /usr/local/bin/restic
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/restic
The above commands will extract the Restic binary and install it in the /usr/local/bin directory for system-wide use.
To verify the installation of Restic, run the following command in the terminal:
restic version
If the installation was successful, you should see the version number of the Restic binary installed on your system.
That's it! We have successfully installed Restic on MXLinux Latest. You can now use Restic to back up your data and store it securely.
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