Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install borgbackup on Kali Linux.
What is borgbackup
borgbackup is:
Borg is a deduplicating and compressing backup program. Optionally, it
also supports authenticated encryption. It was forked from the attic
backup program.
The main goal of Borg is to provide an efficient and secure way to
backup data. The data deduplication technique used makes Borg suitable
for daily backups since only the changes are stored. The authenticated
encryption makes it suitable for backups to not fully trusted targets.
It can push backups to remote repositories accessed via ssh. A client
pushing a backup invokes “borg serve” on the repository host. It is
possible to restrict the ssh key to “borg serve” using the
authorized_keys command= clause.
Please note that the server and the client should be on the same
version of borgbackup. Using different versions of borgbackup on
client and server might result in ‘incompatible API version’ error
messages and a non-working backup.
While there is no direct operations mode for pull-type backups, you
can configure the backup target in append-only mode, preventing the
backup source from deleting or altering previous backups.
There are three methods to install borgbackup on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install borgbackup Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install borgbackup using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install borgbackup
Install borgbackup Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install borgbackup using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install borgbackupInstall borgbackup Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install borgbackup using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install borgbackup
How To Uninstall borgbackup on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the borgbackup package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove borgbackup
Uninstall borgbackup And Its Dependencies
To uninstall borgbackup and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove borgbackup
Remove borgbackup Configurations and Data
To remove borgbackup configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge borgbackup
Remove borgbackup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove borgbackup configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge borgbackup
Dependencies
borgbackup have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install borgbackup package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
