How To Install borgbackup on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install borgbackup on CentOS 7.
What is borgbackup
BorgBackup (short Optionally, it supports compression and authenticated encryption.
We can use yum or dnf to install borgbackup on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install borgbackup.
Install borgbackup on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install borgbackup using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install borgbackup
Install borgbackup on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install borgbackup using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install borgbackup
How To Uninstall borgbackup on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the borgbackup package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove borgbackup
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install borgbackup on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.