How To Install borgbackup2 on Debian 12

Learn how to install borgbackup2 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. borgbackup2 is deduplicating and compressing backup program (version 2.x)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install borgbackup2 on Debian 12.

What is `borgbackup2`

borgbackup2 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. Borg 2.x can only read from Borg 1.x repositories.

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.

Warning: This still is a beta that may break compatibility with the final 2.0 release.

There are three methods to install borgbackup2 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install borgbackup2 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install borgbackup2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install borgbackup2

Install borgbackup2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install borgbackup2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install borgbackup2

Install borgbackup2 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install borgbackup2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install borgbackup2

How To Uninstall borgbackup2 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the borgbackup2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove borgbackup2

Uninstall borgbackup2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall borgbackup2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove borgbackup2

Remove borgbackup2 Configurations and Data

To remove borgbackup2 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge borgbackup2

Remove borgbackup2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove borgbackup2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge borgbackup2

Dependencies

borgbackup2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install borgbackup2 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.