How To Install duplicity on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install duplicity on Debian 12.
What is duplicity
duplicity is:
Duplicity backs directories by producing encrypted tar-format volumes and uploading them to a remote or local file server. Because duplicity uses librsync, the incremental archives are space efficient and only record the parts of files that have changed since the last backup. Because duplicity uses GnuPG to encrypt and/or sign these archives, they will be safe from spying and/or modification by the server.
There are three methods to install duplicity 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 duplicity Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install duplicity using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install duplicity
Install duplicity Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install duplicity using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install duplicity
Install duplicity 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 duplicity using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install duplicity
How To Uninstall duplicity on Debian 12
To uninstall only the duplicity package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove duplicity
Uninstall duplicity And Its Dependencies
To uninstall duplicity and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove duplicity
Remove duplicity Configurations and Data
To remove duplicity configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge duplicity
Remove duplicity configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove duplicity configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge duplicity
Dependencies
duplicity have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install duplicity package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.