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title: "Joomla 2.5 Backup – Installing Akeeba Backup"
description: "Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. Creating a backup of..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/joomla/joomla-2-5/install-akeeba-backup/
date: 2012-04-04
modified: 2021-11-19
author: "Brad Markle"
categories: ["Backups and Restorations", "Joomla", "Joomla 2.5", "Website"]
tags: ["Joomla v2.5"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# Joomla 2.5 Backup – Installing Akeeba Backup

Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life [here](https://docs.joomla.org/Joomla!_CMS_versions).

**Creating a backup** of your **Joomla 2.5** website, or any website actually, is a very important process. It’s often required to restore your website to a previous version (using a backup). A very popular Joomla 2.5 backup tool is Akeeba Backup. In this tutorial series, we’ll show you how to use Akeeba Backup. The very first thing you’ll need to do is download and **install Akeeba Backup.**

h2>How to install Akeeba Backup for Joomla 2.5

1. Visit [this url](https://www.akeebabackup.com/download.html) and **download akeeba backup**. When visiting the above page, click the “**Akeeba Backup**” heading. Then click the heading for the latest stable release. We clicked “**3.4.3(Stable)**“. Finally, click “**Download now**” under **Akeeba Backup Core**.[![download-akeeba-backup](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/edu_joomla25_install-akeeba-backup_download-akeeba-backup.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/edu_joomla25_install-akeeba-backup_download-akeeba-backup.gif)
2. [Log into your Joomla Admin](/support/edu/joomla/joomla-3/how-to-log-in-to-administrative-dashboard/)
3. In the top menu, hover over **Extensions** and click **Extension Manager**
4. Under **Upload Package File**, click **Browse** and locate the file you downloaded above. Then click **Upload & Install[![select-and-upload-akeeba-backup](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/edu_joomla25_install-akeeba-backup_select-and-upload-akeeba-backup.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/edu_joomla25_install-akeeba-backup_select-and-upload-akeeba-backup.gif) **
5. After clicking **Upload & Install**, you should see a message that states **Installing component was successful**.[![installing-component-was-successful](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/edu_joomla25_install-akeeba-backup_installing-component-was-successful.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/edu_joomla25_install-akeeba-backup_installing-component-was-successful.gif) At this point, you have successfully installed Akeeba Backup for Joomla 2.5! Your next step will be to [run the post-installation configuration](/support/edu/joomla/joomla-2-5/akeeba-backup-post-installation-configuration/).