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Prerequisites
Install Borg or Restic as these do not get installed automatically.
You will also need to install Nim v2 and nimble
- FreeBSD -
pkg install nimble - Arch Linux -
pacman -S nimble - For other distros you may need to use the official
choosenimInstaller to get the latest version of nim installed.
Installation
Norg is listed on Nimble Directory so you can install norg using nimble
nimble install norg
or, if you'd rather not use the directory, you can install direct from our Codeberg Repo:
nimble install https://codeberg.org/pswilde/norgbackup
PATH variable
Once installed, norg will be installed in your $HOME/.nimble/bin/ directory.
You should add this location to your $PATH variable so it can be found remains
up-to-date when running nimble install norg again.
Portability
Norg is a single binary executable, so it can be copied wherever you need providing
it has been compiled in the required system and architecture beforehand.
For example, I have multiple FreeBSD servers where I use Norg. I install the latest version on one of these servers, then just copy that binary to all others servers that
need to make use of it.
Upgrading Norg
Norg can be upgraded easily via nimble:
# Update nimble directory cache
nimble update
# Upgrade Norg
nimble install norg
The latest version of Norg should then be installed in your $HOME/.nimble/bin/ directory.