@@ -8,28 +8,28 @@ any dependencies.
88Download the correct files
99--------------------------
1010
11- amd64 / x86_64 architecture
11+ AMD64/ x86_64 architecture
1212~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1313
1414borg-linux-glibc241 Linux (built on Debian 13 "Trixie" with glibc 2.41)
1515borg-linux-glibc236 Linux (built on Debian 12 "Bookworm" with glibc 2.36)
1616borg-linux-glibc231 Linux (built on Debian 11 "Bullseye" with glibc 2.31)
17- Note: you can also try them on other Linuxes with other glibc
18- versions - as long as the glibc is compatible, they will work.
19- If it doesn't work, try a borg 1.4.x or 1.2.x binary.
17+ Note: You can also try them on other Linux distributions with different glibc
18+ versions - as long as glibc is compatible, they will work.
19+ If it does not work, try a Borg 1.4.x or 1.2.x binary.
2020
21- borg-macos1012 macOS (built on macOS Sierra 10.12 with latest macFUSE from brew )
22- To avoid signing issues download the file via command line OR
21+ borg-macos1012 macOS (built on macOS Sierra 10.12 with the latest macFUSE from Homebrew )
22+ To avoid signing issues, download the file via the command line or
2323 remove the "quarantine" attribute after downloading:
24- $ xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine borg-macos .tgz
24+ $ xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine borg-macos1012 .tgz
2525
2626borg-freebsd14 FreeBSD (built on FreeBSD 14)
2727
28- *.tgz similar to above, but built as a directory with files,
29- not as a single self-extracting binary. using the directory
30- build is faster and doesn't need as much space in the temp
28+ *.tgz Similar to the above, but built as a directory with files,
29+ not as a single self-extracting binary. Using the directory
30+ build is faster and does not require as much space in the temporary
3131 directory as the one-file build.
32- *.asc GnuPG signatures for *
32+ *.asc GnuPG signatures for the files
3333
3434
3535Verifying your download
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Please check the GPG signature to make sure you received the binary as I have
3939built it.
4040
4141To check the GPG signature, download both the binary and the corresponding
42- *.asc file and then (on the shell) type, e.g. :
42+ *.asc file and then (on the shell) type, for example :
4343
4444 gpg --recv-keys 9F88FB52FAF7B393
4545 gpg --verify borg-freebsd14.asc borg-freebsd14
@@ -49,18 +49,18 @@ The files are signed by:
4949Thomas Waldmann <
[email protected] >
5050GPG key fingerprint: 6D5B EF9A DD20 7580 5747 B70F 9F88 FB52 FAF7 B393
5151
52- My fingerprint is also in the footer of all my borgbackup mailing list posts.
52+ My fingerprint is also in the footer of all my BorgBackup mailing list posts.
5353
5454
5555Installing
5656----------
5757
5858It is suggested that you rename or symlink the binary to just "borg".
59- If you need "borgfs", just also symlink it to the same binary, it will
59+ If you need "borgfs", just also symlink it to the same binary; it will
6060detect internally under which name it was invoked.
6161
6262On UNIX-like platforms, /usr/local/bin/ or ~/bin/ is a nice place for it,
63- but you can invoke it from every place by giving a full path to it.
63+ but you can invoke it from anywhere by providing the full path to it.
6464
6565Make sure the file is readable and executable (chmod +rx borg on UNIX-like
6666platforms).
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ platforms).
6969Reporting issues
7070----------------
7171
72- Please first check the FAQ and whether a github issue already exists.
72+ Please first check the FAQ and whether a GitHub issue already exists.
7373
7474If you find a NEW issue, please open a ticket on our issue tracker:
7575
@@ -81,6 +81,6 @@ There, please give:
8181- a good description of what the issue is
8282- a good description of how to reproduce your issue
8383- a traceback with system info (if you have one)
84- - your precise platform (CPU, 32/64bit ?), OS, distribution, release
85- - your python and (g)libc version
84+ - your precise platform (CPU, 32/64-bit ?), OS, distribution, release
85+ - your Python and (g)libc versions
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