# 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.