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This can do bad things to a system Python install. So, we try to
mitigate this by recommending a root user user site installation.
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@ -7,16 +7,24 @@ To get up and running, first [install
Borg](https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html), at
least version 1.1.
Then, run the following command to download and install borgmatic:
Borgmatic consumes configurations in `/etc/borgmatic/` and `/etc/borgmatic.d/`
by default. Therefore, we show how to install borgmatic for the root user which
will have access permissions for these locations by default.
Run the following commands to download and install borgmatic:
```bash
sudo pip3 install --upgrade borgmatic
sudo pip3 install --user --upgrade borgmatic
```
This is a [recommended user site
installation](https://packaging.python.org/tutorials/installing-packages/#installing-to-the-user-site).
You will need to ensure that `/root/.local/bin` is available on your `$PATH` so
that the borgmatic executable is available.
Note that your pip binary may have a different name than "pip3". Make sure
you're using Python 3, as borgmatic does not support Python 2.
### Other ways to install
Along with the above process, you have several other options for installing