Installation

Install B4 Backup

Preconditions

You need the following to be able to use B4 Backup properly:

• Python 3.12 or higher
• A btrfs partition on the machine you want to backup and your backup destination.
• btrfs-progs

Ubuntu, DebianFedora, Red Hat

sudo apt install btrfs-progs

sudo yum install btrfs-progs

Using pipx (recommended for users)

1. Install pipx

Ubuntu, DebianFedora, Red Hat

sudo apt install pipx

sudo yum install pipx

1. Install B4 Backup (Fill in token and name)

   pipx install b4-backup
   

2. Next steps

   • Examples
   • CLI reference
   • Config reference

Using poetry (for developers)

1. Install poetry

2. Clone the repository

3. Setup poetry environment:

   cd <path_to_repo>
   

   Finally, install the package with poetry:

   poetry install
   

4. Next steps

   Just switch into the poetry environment using poetry shell.

   • Examples
   • CLI reference
   • Config reference

Update B4 Backup

Using pipx

Similar to the installation, you upgrade B4 Backup like this:

pipx upgrade b4-backup

Using poetry

cd <path_to_repo>
git pull
poetry install

Uninstall B4 Backup

Using pipx

pipx uninstall b4-backup

Using poetry

It's technically never installed, but you can remove it like that:

cd <path_to_repo>
poetry env list
# Delete every environment using
poetry env remove <env_name>
cd ..
rm -rf b4_backup