Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install borgmatic
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is borgmatic
borgmatic is:
borgmatic is a simple Python wrapper script for the Borg backup software that
initiates a backup, prunes any old backups according to a retention policy,
and validates backups for consistency. The script supports specifying your
settings in a declarative configuration file rather than having to put them
all on the command-line, and handles common errors.
There are three methods to install borgmatic
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install borgmatic Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install borgmatic
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install borgmatic
Install borgmatic Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install borgmatic
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install borgmatic
Install borgmatic Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install borgmatic
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install borgmatic
How To Uninstall borgmatic on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the borgmatic
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove borgmatic
Uninstall borgmatic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall borgmatic
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove borgmatic
Remove borgmatic Configurations and Data
To remove borgmatic
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge borgmatic
Remove borgmatic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove borgmatic
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge borgmatic
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install borgmatic
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.