Vorta is a free and open source borg backup client application for Linux and MacOS. It integrates the Borg Backup with your system. Using this you can Encrypt, deduplicate and compress and protect your data. It comes with group source folders, backup destinations, schedules and many more.
How to Install Vorta on Ubuntu Linux
Vorta is available as a flatpak, python package and from default Ubuntu repository. Start your terminal app (ctrl+alt+t) and run below command to install the latest version of Vorta Backup Client.
sudo apt install vorta
And start Vorta using below command or via the show applications menu.
vorta
You can also uninstall Vorta backup client using
sudo apt remove vorta
Install Vorta via Flatpak
Using the below first install the latest version of flatpak and flathub on your system. Restart it after the installation.
How to install flatpak and flathub
Now in the terminal app run this command. this will install Vorta.
flatpak install flathub com.borgbase.Vorta
After that open it using
flatpak run com.borgbase.Vorta
And uninstall it using
sudo flatpak uninstall com.borgbase.Vorta
Install Vorta via PIP
First install the latest version of PIP Python package manager on your system , Then in the terminal run below command.
sudo pip3 install vorta
That’s it.
