How To Install vorta on Debian 12

Learn how to install vorta on Debian 12 with this tutorial. vorta is Desktop Client for Borg Backup

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vorta on Debian 12.

What is vorta

vorta is:

Vorta is a GUI backup client for macOS and Linux desktops. It enables less technical users, or users who prefer GUIs, to benefit from the mighty BorgBackup. Now anyone can easily and conveniently protect their data from disk failure, ransomware, theft, and user error.

Features:

  • Encrypted, deduplicated, and compressed backups via Borg.
  • Backup to disk (DAS: direct-attached storage), server (NAS: network attached storage), or a hosting service that supports Borg (BorgBase, rsync.net, et al).
  • Backups over SSH using “borg server”.
  • Profiles for grouping source folders, backup destinations, and schedules.
  • Unified interface for viewing and managing all archives.
  • Enhanced ease of use when restoring individual files.
  • Built-in backup scheduling method that does not depend on system-level facilities such as cron or systemd timers.

There are three methods to install vorta 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 vorta Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install vorta

Install vorta Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install vorta using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install vorta

Install vorta 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 vorta using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vorta

How To Uninstall vorta on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove vorta

Uninstall vorta And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vorta

Remove vorta Configurations and Data

To remove vorta configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vorta

Remove vorta configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vorta

Dependencies

vorta have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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