---
title: Install Aegis Backup on Arch Linux using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of Aegis Backup for on Arch Linux - Local, encrypted
  backups of every machine to your own drives
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/aegisbackup/arch
---

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# Install Aegis Backup on **Arch Linux**

# Aegis Backup (aegisbackup)

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/aegisbackup/arch#install)

#### Local, encrypted backups of every machine to your own drives

Aegis Backup backs up the computers in a household or small office to USB
drives and a NAS, and shows at a glance which data is safe and which is not:
what is not backed up, how stale the newest copy is, and how strong the
protection is (3-2-1 rule: Unprotected, Weak, Good, Strong).

Files are classified (backup required, recommended, or not needed) by editable
rules. Backups are encrypted and deduplicated by the bundled restic engine, in
restic's open format, so they can be restored with plain restic even without
Aegis Backup. Restore any file or folder from any snapshot in a few clicks.

Nothing goes to a cloud: no accounts, no telemetry, no internet calls. An
optional AI advisor runs on a local model through Ollama, installed separately.

Snap note: strict confinement can't read hidden files and folders directly in
your home folder (such as ~/.ssh or ~/.config), so the snap skips them. Use the
.deb from yourprivacysw.com to back those up too.

Aegis Backup is in beta and free to use. Some features may later require a
one-time license purchase; restore is never limited.

### Package name

* aegisbackup

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### License

* Proprietary

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### Last updated

* 24 October 2026 - latest/candidate

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## Enable snaps on Arch Linux and install Aegis Backup

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

On Arch Linux, snap can be installed from the [Arch User Repository (AUR).](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/snapd/)
The [manual build process](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository#Installing_packages) is the Arch-supported
install method for AUR packages, and you’ll need the [prerequisites](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository#Prerequisites)
installed before you can install any AUR package. You can then install snap with the following:

```
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/snapd.git
cd snapd
makepkg -si
```

Once installed, the *systemd* unit that manages the main snap communication socket needs to be enabled:

```
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket
```

If [AppArmor](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AppArmor) is enabled in your system, enable the service which loads AppArmor profiles for snaps:

```
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.apparmor.service
```

To enable *classic* snap support, enter the following to create a symbolic link between `/var/lib/snapd/snap` and `/snap`:

```
sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap
```

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

### Install Aegis Backup

To install Aegis Backup, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install aegisbackup --candidate
```

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