How to Install Duplicity on OpenBSD

Duplicity is a backup software that supports encrypted archives and incremental backups. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Duplicity on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

Before you start, make sure that you have:

OpenBSD installed and configured
Root access to the system

Installation

Follow these steps to install Duplicity on OpenBSD:

Open a terminal window on your OpenBSD system.
Update the system package index:
```
sudo pkg_add -Uuv
```

Install the necessary dependencies:

sudo pkg_add py3-paramiko py3-lockfile py3-fasteners py3-requests

Download the Duplicity source code from the official website:

wget http://code.launchpad.net/duplicity/0.8-series/0.8.17/+download/duplicity-0.8.17.tar.gz

Extract the archive:
```
tar zxvf duplicity-0.8.17.tar.gz
```
Change to the extracted directory:
```
cd duplicity-0.8.17/
```
Run the installer script:
```
sudo python3 setup.py install
```
Verify the installation by typing:
```
duplicity --version
```
If Duplicity is correctly installed, the version number will be displayed.
You're done! Now you can start using Duplicity to back up your data.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you have learned how to install Duplicity on OpenBSD. You can now use Duplicity to create encrypted backups and store them in a secure location.