Chapter 3. Installation

Table of Contents

Background
Installing on a Debian System
Installing from Source
Installing Dependencies
Installing the Source Package

Background

There are two different ways to install Cedar Backup. The easiest way is to install the pre-built Debian packages. This method is painless and ensures that all of the correct dependencies are available, etc.

If you are running a Linux distribution other than Debian, then you must use the Python source distribution to install Cedar Backup. When using this method, you need to manage all of the dependencies yourself.