Install Borg Backup from Source on Mac OS X
Due to Borg Issue #913 brew cask install borgbackup is no longer updated with the latest version. However don’t fear I’ve written this guide on installing Borg Backup from Source on Mac OS X.
The easiest way is to save this script, chmod u+x install-borg.sh and then ./install-borg.sh in the directory you wish. I have a directory ~/backup-system with notes and scripts. You will need Homebrew.
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#!/usr/bin/env bash #requires homebrew #See https://borgbackup.readthedocs.org/en/stable/installation.html for more info brew install python3 lz4 openssl pip3 install --upgrade pip pip3 install virtualenv virtualenv --python=python3 borg-env source borg-env/bin/activate # install Borg + Python dependencies into virtualenv pip install borgbackup ln -s $(pwd)/borg-env/bin/borg /usr/local/bin/borg |
This script can be used to upgrade Borg. Save this script as upgrade-borg.sh, place into the same folder as install-borg.sh and chmod u+x upgrade-borg.sh
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#!/usr/bin/env bash source borg-env/bin/activate pip install -U borgbackup |
Slightly longer way:
You’ll need to run these commands to install some software that it needs,
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brew install python3 lz4 openssl pip3 install --upgrade pip pip3 install virtualenv |
Then create a python virtual enviroment, change into it using the activate script and then install borg.
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virtualenv --python=python3 borg-env source borg-env/bin/activate # install Borg + Python dependencies into virtualenv pip install borgbackup |
We will need to symlink the our copy of borg into a directory that exists in $PATH so we can run it with just borg otherwise we would need to use source borg-env/bin/activate each time we wanted to run borg.
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ln -s $(pwd)/borg-env/bin/borg /usr/local/bin/borg |
If you want to upgrade borg the long way run:
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source borg-env/bin/activate pip install -U borgbackup |
However it’s easier to just use the scripts above.
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Now brog homebrew seem updated, current version in homebrew is 1.0.10, it is last stable version.