How To Install borgbackup2-doc on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install borgbackup2-doc on Debian 12.
What is borgbackup2-doc
borgbackup2-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 borgbackup2-doc 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-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 borgbackup2-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install borgbackup2-doc
Install borgbackup2-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install borgbackup2-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install borgbackup2-doc
Install borgbackup2-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install borgbackup2-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install borgbackup2-doc
How To Uninstall borgbackup2-doc on Debian 12
To uninstall only the borgbackup2-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove borgbackup2-doc
Uninstall borgbackup2-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall borgbackup2-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove borgbackup2-doc
Remove borgbackup2-doc Configurations and Data
To remove borgbackup2-doc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge borgbackup2-doc
Remove borgbackup2-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove borgbackup2-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge borgbackup2-doc
Dependencies
borgbackup2-doc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install borgbackup2-doc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
