How To Install borgbackup on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install borgbackup on Rocky Linux 8. borgbackup is A deduplicating backup program with compression and authenticated encryption

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install borgbackup on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `borgbackup`

BorgBackup (short supports compression and authenticated encryption.

We can use yum or dnf to install borgbackup on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install borgbackup.

Install borgbackup on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install borgbackup using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install borgbackup

Install borgbackup on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install borgbackup using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install borgbackup

How To Uninstall borgbackup on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove borgbackup

borgbackup Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/borg
/usr/bin/borgfs
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/eba4bae78a375911937ef125b87c29e014dcad
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/3aeb281323dc651eaf3a97c602b4a316a9a390
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f/244d29987f97f0c558a2ecadf8564a8781ac80
/usr/lib/.build-id/50
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/usr/lib/.build-id/9e
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/usr/share/doc/borgbackup/README.rst
/usr/share/doc/borgbackup/changes.rst
/usr/share/fish/completions/borg.fish
/usr/share/licenses/borgbackup
/usr/share/licenses/borgbackup/COPYING.msgpack
/usr/share/licenses/borgbackup/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/borg.1.gz
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_borg

References

borgbackup website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install borgbackup on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.