How To Install borgbackup-is-borgbackup2 on Debian 12

Learn how to install borgbackup-is-borgbackup2 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. borgbackup-is-borgbackup2 is deduplicating and compressing backup program (unversioned symlink)

Introduction

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

What is borgbackup-is-borgbackup2

borgbackup-is-borgbackup2 is:

This package makes the borg command refer to version 2.x of borgbackup. If you prefer version 1.x, please install borgbackup instead.

Refer to the package descriptions of borgbackup and borgbackup2 for more information about what borg is.

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

There are three methods to install borgbackup-is-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 borgbackup-is-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 borgbackup-is-borgbackup2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install borgbackup-is-borgbackup2

Install borgbackup-is-borgbackup2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install borgbackup-is-borgbackup2

Install borgbackup-is-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 borgbackup-is-borgbackup2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install borgbackup-is-borgbackup2

How To Uninstall borgbackup-is-borgbackup2 on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove borgbackup-is-borgbackup2

Uninstall borgbackup-is-borgbackup2 And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove borgbackup-is-borgbackup2

Remove borgbackup-is-borgbackup2 Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge borgbackup-is-borgbackup2

Remove borgbackup-is-borgbackup2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge borgbackup-is-borgbackup2

Dependencies

borgbackup-is-borgbackup2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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