How To Install borgbackup-doc on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install borgbackup-doc on Ubuntu 22.04. borgbackup-doc is deduplicating and compressing backup program (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install borgbackup-doc on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is borgbackup-doc

borgbackup-doc 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.

This is the documentation package

There are three methods to install borgbackup-doc on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install borgbackup-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install borgbackup-doc

Install borgbackup-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install borgbackup-doc

Install borgbackup-doc 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 borgbackup-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install borgbackup-doc

How To Uninstall borgbackup-doc on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the borgbackup-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove borgbackup-doc

Uninstall borgbackup-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall borgbackup-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove borgbackup-doc

Remove borgbackup-doc Configurations and Data

To remove borgbackup-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge borgbackup-doc

Remove borgbackup-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge borgbackup-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install borgbackup-doc package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.