How To Install backintime-common on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install backintime-common in Fedora 36. backintime-common is Common files for backintime

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install backintime-common on Fedora 36.

What is `backintime-common`

Back In Time is a simple backup system for Linux inspired from “flyback project” and “TimeVault”. The backup is done by taking snapshots of a specified set of directories. This package contains non GUI files for backintime.

We can use yum or dnf to install backintime-common on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install backintime-common.

Install backintime-common on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install backintime-common using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install backintime-common

Install backintime-common on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install backintime-common using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install backintime-common

How To Uninstall backintime-common on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the backintime-common package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove backintime-common

backintime-common Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/dbus-1/system.d/net.launchpad.backintime.serviceHelper.conf
/etc/xdg/autostart/backintime.desktop
/usr/bin/backintime
/usr/bin/backintime-askpass
/usr/share/backintime/common
/usr/share/backintime/common/applicationinstance.py
/usr/share/backintime/common/askpass.py
/usr/share/backintime/common/backintime.py
/usr/share/backintime/common/bcolors.py
/usr/share/backintime/common/cli.py
/usr/share/backintime/common/config.py
/usr/share/backintime/common/configfile.py
/usr/share/backintime/common/create-manpage-backintime-config.py
/usr/share/backintime/common/driveinfo.py
/usr/share/backintime/common/dummytools.py
/usr/share/backintime/common/encfstools.py
/usr/share/backintime/common/exceptions.py
/usr/share/backintime/common/guiapplicationinstance.py
/usr/share/backintime/common/logger.py
/usr/share/backintime/common/mount.py
/usr/share/backintime/common/password.py
/usr/share/backintime/common/password_ipc.py
/usr/share/backintime/common/pluginmanager.py
/usr/share/backintime/common/progress.py
/usr/share/backintime/common/snapshotlog.py
/usr/share/backintime/common/snapshots.py
/usr/share/backintime/common/sshMaxArg.py
/usr/share/backintime/common/sshtools.py
/usr/share/backintime/common/tools.py
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/backintime
/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/net.launchpad.backintime.serviceHelper.service
/usr/share/doc/backintime
/usr/share/doc/backintime/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/backintime/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/backintime/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/backintime/README.md
/usr/share/doc/backintime/TRANSLATIONS
/usr/share/doc/backintime/VERSION
/usr/share/doc/backintime/copyright
/usr/share/doc/backintime/examples
/usr/share/doc/backintime/examples/config-example-local.gz
/usr/share/doc/backintime/examples/config-example-ssh.gz
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/fo/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/jv/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/backintime.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/backintime-askpass.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/backintime-config.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/backintime-qt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/backintime.1.gz
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/net.launchpad.backintime.policy

References

backintime-common website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install backintime-common on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).