How to Install Duplicity on Manjaro

Duplicity is a free and open-source backup tool that encrypts and compresses data on a remote or local storage server. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps of installing Duplicity on Manjaro.

Prerequisites

  • A Manjaro machine.
  • Superuser or root access.

Installation

  1. Open a terminal on your Manjaro system.
  2. Update the package list using the following command:

sudo pacman -Syu

  1. Install duplicity using the following command:

sudo pacman -S duplicity

  1. Verify that duplicity has been installed successfully by running the following command:

duplicity --version

The command should return the version of duplicity you have installed.

Configuring Duplicity

Duplicity comes with a set of command-line options that you can use to configure backup settings. You can view these options by running the following command:

duplicity --help

Alternatively, you can read the duplicity man page using the following command:

man duplicity

Conclusion

You have successfully installed Duplicity on Manjaro. You may now configure Duplicity as per your requirements and start taking backups of your data.