borg-backup on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: June 30,2024

1. Install "borg-backup" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install borg-backup on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                borg-backup
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall borg-backup on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                borg-backup
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "borg-backup" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone borg-backup's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/borg-backup.git 
            
                        
                ~/borg-backup
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/borg-backup folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/borg-backup
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the borg-backup package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1255064
Name: borg-backup
PackageBaseID: 168337
PackageBase: borg-backup
Version: 0.6.2-1
Description: Add multi-machine sync to borg
URL:
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0.00908
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: TomZander
Submitter: TomZander
FirstSubmitted: 1624708196
LastModified: 1683576643
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/borg-backup.tar.gz