BorgBackup is a powerful backup tool that is designed to securely store your data. It offers a range of features including deduplication, compression, encryption, and support for multiple platforms. In this guide, we will explain how to install BorgBackup on Manjaro.
Before installing BorgBackup, it is important to update your system to ensure that you have the latest version of all the necessary packages.
sudo pacman -Syu
You can install BorgBackup from the official repository using the following command:
sudo pacman -S borg
Once the installation is complete, you can verify the version of BorgBackup by running the following command:
borg --version
This command will display the version of BorgBackup installed on your system.
Before using BorgBackup to backup your data, you need to create a backup repository. You can do this by running the following command:
borg init /path/to/repository
Replace /path/to/repository with the desired location of your backup repository.
You can now use BorgBackup to backup your data. For example, to backup the Documents folder to your backup repository, you can run the following command:
borg create /path/to/repository::backup-name /path/to/Documents
Replace backup-name with a desired name for your backup.
In this tutorial, we explained how to install BorgBackup on Manjaro and create a backup repository. With BorgBackup, you can now easily protect your data with powerful features such as deduplication, compression, and encryption.
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