How To Install BackupPC-XS on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install BackupPC-XS on Rocky Linux 8. BackupPC-XS is Implementation of various BackupPC functions in a perl-callable module

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install BackupPC-XS on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `BackupPC-XS`

BackupPC module. This module is required for BackupPC V4+.

We can use yum or dnf to install BackupPC-XS on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install BackupPC-XS.

Install BackupPC-XS on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install BackupPC-XS

Install BackupPC-XS on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install BackupPC-XS

How To Uninstall BackupPC-XS on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the BackupPC-XS package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove BackupPC-XS

BackupPC-XS Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9/64796145e23ed2c77353b2a67ad7cc7e5c378b
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/BackupPC
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/BackupPC/XS.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/BackupPC
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/BackupPC/XS
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/BackupPC/XS/XS.so
/usr/share/doc/BackupPC-XS
/usr/share/doc/BackupPC-XS/Changes
/usr/share/doc/BackupPC-XS/README
/usr/share/man/man3/BackupPC::XS.3pm.gz

References

BackupPC-XS website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install BackupPC-XS on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.