Install guide · Debian 13 (trixie)printed 29 Oct 2026, 02:22 UTC
Install restic 0.19 on Debian 13
Debian 13 ships restic 0.18.0. The current release is 0.19.1. freshdeb builds it for trixie from upstream's release with Debian's packaging, so it replaces the distribution's package in place and updates with apt upgrade like the rest of the system.
- Debian 13 ships
- 0.18.00.18.0-1+b4
- main
- 0.19.1follows every upstream release, minors and majors included. Currently 0.19.1.
- Built for
- amd64 and arm64, natively
Not published yet. The first restic release is being built. These commands work once it lands; the version shown is the one it will publish.
1Trust the signing key (once per machine)
sudo install -d -m 0755 /etc/apt/keyrings curl -fsSL https://deb.freshdeb.com/freshdeb-archive-keyring.gpg \ | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/freshdeb-archive-keyring.gpg >/dev/null
Fingerprint 3BBD F03A 9C0B F890 F8CA 9510 7595 CC55 468F 3161. How to verify.
2Add the source for trixie
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/freshdeb-restic.sources >/dev/null <<EOF Types: deb URIs: https://deb.freshdeb.com/restic Suites: trixie Components: main Signed-By: /etc/apt/keyrings/freshdeb-archive-keyring.gpg EOF
3Install
sudo apt update && sudo apt install restic
apt policy restic # expect 0.19.1-3+freshdeb~deb13Already on Debian 13's restic? The same command upgrades it: the freshdeb version sorts higher. What's different from Debian's package.
Upgrading from restic 0.18.0
Configuration and data stay where Debian put them.
Going back to 0.18.0
Delete /etc/apt/sources.list.d/freshdeb-restic.sources, run sudo apt update, then sudo apt install restic=0.18.0-1+b4: apt asks before it downgrades.
Why a package
restic's own binaries are built the same way and update themselves with restic self-update. Here apt updates restic, so self-update isn't built.
