# What you need to run: * GNU core utilities * Linux: On a basic linux installation it will run "out of the box" * MS Windows: You need a set of GNU tools. * Cygwin: https://cygwin.com/ * MINGW: https://www.mingw-w64.org/ * Bash * MS Windows: You can add let open .sh files with bash * Restic * see the Docs https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/latest/020_installation.html * Get the binary from your package manager or https://github.com/restic/restic/releases * if you don't have the binary in a directory of $PATH you can add it in the environment of the backup. See Configuration -> File env.