Duplicity is a backup software that supports encrypted archives and incremental backups. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Duplicity on OpenBSD.
Before you start, make sure that you have:
Follow these steps to install Duplicity on OpenBSD:
Open a terminal window on your OpenBSD system.
Update the system package index:
sudo pkg_add -Uuv
Install the necessary dependencies:
sudo pkg_add py3-paramiko py3-lockfile py3-fasteners py3-requests
Download the Duplicity source code from the official website:
wget http://code.launchpad.net/duplicity/0.8-series/0.8.17/+download/duplicity-0.8.17.tar.gz
Extract the archive:
tar zxvf duplicity-0.8.17.tar.gz
Change to the extracted directory:
cd duplicity-0.8.17/
Run the installer script:
sudo python3 setup.py install
Verify the installation by typing:
duplicity --version
If Duplicity is correctly installed, the version number will be displayed.
You're done! Now you can start using Duplicity to back up your data.
In this tutorial, you have learned how to install Duplicity on OpenBSD. You can now use Duplicity to create encrypted backups and store them in a secure location.
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