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@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ title: How to set up backups with borgmatic
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## Installation
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+Many users need to backup system files that require privileged access, so
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+these instructions install and run borgmatic as root. If you don't need to
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+backup such files, then you are welcome to install and run borgmatic as a
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+non-root user.
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First, [install
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Borg](https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installation.html), at least
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version 1.1.
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@@ -27,13 +32,6 @@ export PATH="$PATH:~/.local/bin"
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Note that your pip binary may have a different name than "pip3". Make sure
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you're using Python 3, as borgmatic does not support Python 2.
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-### root versus non-root
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-These instructions install and run borgmatic as root, because many users want
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-to backup system files that require privileged access. Therefore borgmatic
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-needs to run as root to read them. But if you don't need to backup such files,
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-then you are welcome to install and run borgmatic as a non-root user.
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### Other ways to install
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Along with the above process, you have several other options for installing
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