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* #314: Fix regression in support for PostgreSQL's "directory" dump format. Unlike other dump
formats, the "directory" dump format does not stream directly to/from Borg.
* Improve documentation around the installation process. Specifically, making borgmatic commands
runnable via the system PATH.
runnable via the system PATH and offering a global install option.
1.5.4
* #310: Fix legitimate database dump command errors (exit code 1) not being treated as errors by

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Your pip binary may have a different name than "pip3". Make sure you're using
Python 3, as borgmatic does not support Python 2.
The next step is to ensure that borgmatic's commands are on your system
`PATH`, so that you can run borgmatic:
The next step is to ensure that borgmatic's commands available are on your
system `PATH`, so that you can run borgmatic:
```bash
echo export 'PATH="$PATH:/root/.local/bin"' >> ~/.bashrc
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If you're using a command shell other than Bash, you may need to use different
commands here.
You can check whether all of this worked with:
```bash
sudo borgmatic --version
```
If borgmatic is properly installed, that should output your borgmatic version.
### Global install option
If you try the user site installation above, and have problems making
borgmatic commands runnable on your system `PATH`, an alternate approach is to
install borgmatic globally.
The following uninstalls borgmatic, and then reinstalls it such that borgmatic
commands are on the default system `PATH`:
```bash
sudo pip3 uninstall borgmatic
sudo pip3 install --upgrade borgmatic
```
The main downside of a global install is that borgmatic is less cleanly
separated from the rest of your Python software, and there's the theoretical
possibility for libary conflicts. But if you're okay with that, for instance
on a relatively dedicated system, then a global install can work out just
fine.
### Other ways to install
Besides the process described above, there are several other options for
Besides the approaches described above, there are several other options for
installing borgmatic:
* [Docker image with scheduled backups](https://hub.docker.com/r/b3vis/borgmatic/)