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.. include:: global.rst.inc
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.. highlight:: bash
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.. _installation:
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Installation
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============
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There are different ways to install |project_name|:
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- :ref:`distribution-package` - easy and fast if a package is
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available from your distribution.
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- :ref:`pyinstaller-binary` - easy and fast, we provide a ready-to-use binary file
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that comes bundled with all dependencies.
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- :ref:`source-install`, either:
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- :ref:`pip-installation` - installing a source package with pip needs
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more installation steps and requires all dependencies with
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development headers and a compiler.
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- :ref:`git-installation` - for developers and power users who want to
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have the latest code or use revision control (each release is
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tagged).
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.. _distribution-package:
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Distribution Package
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--------------------
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Some distributions might offer a ready-to-use ``borgbackup``
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package which can be installed with the package manager. As |project_name| is
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still a young project, such a package might be not available for your system
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yet.
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============ ============================================= =======
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Distribution Source Command
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============ ============================================= =======
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Arch Linux `[community]`_ ``pacman -S borg``
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Debian `stretch`_, `unstable/sid`_ ``apt install borgbackup``
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NetBSD `pkgsrc`_ ``pkg_add py-borgbackup``
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NixOS `.nix file`_ N/A
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OS X `Brew cask`_ ``brew cask install borgbackup``
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Ubuntu `Xenial 16.04`_, `Wily 15.10 (backport PPA)`_ ``apt install borgbackup``
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Ubuntu `Trusty 14.04 (backport PPA)`_ ``apt install borgbackup``
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============ ============================================= =======
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.. _[community]: https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=borg
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.. _stretch: https://packages.debian.org/stretch/borgbackup
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.. _unstable/sid: https://packages.debian.org/sid/borgbackup
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.. _pkgsrc: http://pkgsrc.se/sysutils/py-borgbackup
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.. _Xenial 16.04: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/xenial/+source/borgbackup
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.. _Wily 15.10 (backport PPA): https://launchpad.net/~costamagnagianfranco/+archive/ubuntu/borgbackup
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.. _Trusty 14.04 (backport PPA): https://launchpad.net/~costamagnagianfranco/+archive/ubuntu/borgbackup
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.. _.nix file: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/tools/backup/borg/default.nix
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.. _Brew cask: http://caskroom.io/
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Please ask package maintainers to build a package or, if you can package /
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submit it yourself, please help us with that! See :issue:`105` on
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github to followup on packaging efforts.
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If a package is available, it might be interesting to check its version
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and compare that to our latest release and review the :doc:`changes`.
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.. _pyinstaller-binary:
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Standalone Binary
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-----------------
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.. note:: Releases are signed with an OpenPGP key, see
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:ref:`security-contact` for more instructions.
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|project_name| binaries (generated with `pyinstaller`_) are available
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on the releases_ page for the following platforms:
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* **Linux**: glibc >= 2.13 (ok for most supported Linux releases). Maybe older
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glibc versions also work, if they are compatible to 2.13.
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* **Mac OS X**: 10.10 (does not work with older OS X releases)
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* **FreeBSD**: 10.2 (unknown whether it works for older releases)
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To install such a binary, just drop it into a directory in your ``PATH``,
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make borg readable and executable for its users and then you can run ``borg``::
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sudo cp borg-linux64 /usr/local/bin/borg
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sudo chown root:root /usr/local/bin/borg
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sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/borg
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Note that the binary uses /tmp to unpack |project_name| with all dependencies.
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It will fail if /tmp has not enough free space or is mounted with the ``noexec`` option.
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You can change the temporary directory by setting the ``TEMP`` environment variable before running |project_name|.
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If a new version is released, you will have to manually download it and replace
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the old version using the same steps as shown above.
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.. _pyinstaller: http://www.pyinstaller.org
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.. _releases: https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/releases
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.. _platforms:
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Features & platforms
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Besides regular file and directory structures, |project_name| can preserve
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* Hardlinks (considering all files in the same archive)
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* Symlinks (stored as symlink, the symlink is not followed)
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* Special files:
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* Character and block device files (restored via mknod)
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* FIFOs ("named pipes")
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* Special file *contents* can be backed up in ``--read-special`` mode.
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By default the metadata to create them with mknod(2), mkfifo(2) etc. is stored.
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* Timestamps in nanosecond precision: mtime, atime, ctime
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* Permissions:
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* IDs of owning user and owning group
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* Names of owning user and owning group (if the IDs can be resolved)
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* Unix Mode/Permissions (u/g/o permissions, suid, sgid, sticky)
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On some platforms additional features are supported:
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.. Yes/No's are grouped by reason/mechanism/reference.
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+------------------+----------+-----------+------------+
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| Platform | ACLs | xattr | Flags |
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| | [#acls]_ | [#xattr]_ | [#flags]_ |
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+==================+==========+===========+============+
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| Linux x86 | Yes | Yes | No |
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+------------------+ | | |
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| Linux PowerPC | | | |
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+------------------+ | | |
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| Linux ARM | | | |
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+------------------+----------+-----------+------------+
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| Mac OS X | Yes | Yes | Yes (all) |
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+------------------+----------+-----------+ |
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| FreeBSD | Yes | Yes | |
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+------------------+----------+-----------+ |
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| OpenBSD | n/a | n/a | |
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+------------------+----------+-----------+ |
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| NetBSD | n/a | No [2]_ | |
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+------------------+----------+-----------+------------+
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| Solaris 11 | No [3]_ | n/a |
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+------------------+ | |
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| OpenIndiana | | |
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+------------------+----------+-----------+------------+
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| Windows (cygwin) | No [4]_ | No | No |
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+------------------+----------+-----------+------------+
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Some Distributions (e.g. Debian) run additional tests after each release, these
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are not reflected here.
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Other Unix-like operating systems may work as well, but have not been tested at all.
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Note that most of the platform-dependent features also depend on the file system.
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For example, ntfs-3g on Linux isn't able to convey NTFS ACLs.
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.. [2] Feature request :issue:`1332`
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.. [3] Feature request :issue:`1337`
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.. [4] Cygwin tries to map NTFS ACLs to permissions with varying degress of success.
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.. [#acls] The native access control list mechanism of the OS. This normally limits access to
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non-native ACLs. For example, NTFS ACLs aren't completely accessible on Linux with ntfs-3g.
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.. [#xattr] extended attributes; key-value pairs attached to a file, mainly used by the OS.
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This includes resource forks on Mac OS X.
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.. [#flags] aka *BSD flags*.
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.. _source-install:
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From Source
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-----------
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Dependencies
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~~~~~~~~~~~~
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To install |project_name| from a source package (including pip), you have to install the
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following dependencies first:
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* `Python 3`_ >= 3.4.0, plus development headers. Even though Python 3 is not
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the default Python version on most systems, it is usually available as an
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optional install.
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* OpenSSL_ >= 1.0.0, plus development headers.
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* libacl_ (that pulls in libattr_ also), both plus development headers.
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* liblz4_, plus development headers.
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* some Python dependencies, pip will automatically install them for you
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* optionally, the llfuse_ Python package is required if you wish to mount an
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archive as a FUSE filesystem. See setup.py about the version requirements.
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If you have troubles finding the right package names, have a look at the
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distribution specific sections below and also at the Vagrantfile in our repo.
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In the following, the steps needed to install the dependencies are listed for a
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selection of platforms. If your distribution is not covered by these
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instructions, try to use your package manager to install the dependencies. On
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FreeBSD, you may need to get a recent enough OpenSSL version from FreeBSD
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ports.
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After you have installed the dependencies, you can proceed with steps outlined
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under :ref:`pip-installation`.
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Debian / Ubuntu
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+++++++++++++++
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Install the dependencies with development headers::
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sudo apt-get install python3 python3-dev python3-pip python-virtualenv \
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libssl-dev openssl \
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libacl1-dev libacl1 \
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liblz4-dev liblz4-1 \
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build-essential
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sudo apt-get install libfuse-dev fuse pkg-config # optional, for FUSE support
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In case you get complaints about permission denied on ``/etc/fuse.conf``: on
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Ubuntu this means your user is not in the ``fuse`` group. Add yourself to that
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group, log out and log in again.
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Fedora / Korora
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+++++++++++++++
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Install the dependencies with development headers::
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sudo dnf install python3 python3-devel python3-pip python3-virtualenv
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sudo dnf install openssl-devel openssl
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sudo dnf install libacl-devel libacl
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sudo dnf install lz4-devel
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sudo dnf install gcc gcc-c++
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sudo dnf install fuse-devel fuse pkgconfig # optional, for FUSE support
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Mac OS X
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++++++++
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Assuming you have installed homebrew_, the following steps will install all the
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dependencies::
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brew install python3 lz4 openssl
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brew install pkg-config # optional, for FUSE support
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pip3 install virtualenv
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For FUSE support to mount the backup archives, you need at least version 3.0 of
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FUSE for OS X, which is available as a pre-release_.
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.. _pre-release: https://github.com/osxfuse/osxfuse/releases
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FreeBSD
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++++++++
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Listed below are packages you will need to install |project_name|, its dependencies,
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and commands to make fuse work for using the mount command.
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::
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pkg install -y python3 openssl liblz4 fusefs-libs pkgconf
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pkg install -y git
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python3.4 -m ensurepip # to install pip for Python3
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To use the mount command:
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echo 'fuse_load="YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf
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echo 'vfs.usermount=1' >> /etc/sysctl.conf
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kldload fuse
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sysctl vfs.usermount=1
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Cygwin
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++++++
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.. note::
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Running under Cygwin is experimental and has only been tested with Cygwin
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(x86-64) v2.5.2.
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Use the Cygwin installer to install the dependencies::
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python3 python3-setuptools
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binutils gcc-g++
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libopenssl openssl-devel
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liblz4_1 liblz4-devel
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git make openssh
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You can then install ``pip`` and ``virtualenv``::
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easy_install-3.4 pip
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pip install virtualenv
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.. _pip-installation:
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Using pip
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~~~~~~~~~
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Virtualenv_ can be used to build and install |project_name| without affecting
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the system Python or requiring root access. Using a virtual environment is
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optional, but recommended except for the most simple use cases.
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.. note::
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If you install into a virtual environment, you need to **activate** it
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first (``source borg-env/bin/activate``), before running ``borg``.
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Alternatively, symlink ``borg-env/bin/borg`` into some directory that is in
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your ``PATH`` so you can just run ``borg``.
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This will use ``pip`` to install the latest release from PyPi::
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virtualenv --python=python3 borg-env
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source borg-env/bin/activate
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# install Borg + Python dependencies into virtualenv
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pip install borgbackup
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# or alternatively (if you want FUSE support):
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pip install borgbackup[fuse]
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To upgrade |project_name| to a new version later, run the following after
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activating your virtual environment::
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pip install -U borgbackup # or ... borgbackup[fuse]
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.. _git-installation:
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Using git
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~~~~~~~~~
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This uses latest, unreleased development code from git.
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While we try not to break master, there are no guarantees on anything. ::
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# get borg from github
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git clone https://github.com/borgbackup/borg.git
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virtualenv --python=python3 borg-env
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source borg-env/bin/activate # always before using!
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# install borg + dependencies into virtualenv
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pip install sphinx # optional, to build the docs
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cd borg
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pip install -r requirements.d/development.txt
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pip install -r requirements.d/fuse.txt # optional, for FUSE support
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pip install -e . # in-place editable mode
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# optional: run all the tests, on all supported Python versions
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# requires fakeroot, available through your package manager
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fakeroot -u tox
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.. note:: As a developer or power user, you always want to use a virtual environment.
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