How To Install bacula-client on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula-client on Rocky Linux 8. bacula-client is Bacula backup client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula-client on Rocky Linux 8.

What is bacula-client

Bacula is a set of programs that allow you to manage the backup, recovery, and verification of computer data across a network of different computers. It is based on a client/server architecture. This package contains the bacula client, the daemon running on the system to be backed up.

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

Install bacula-client 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 bacula-client using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bacula-client

Install bacula-client 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 bacula-client using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bacula-client

How To Uninstall bacula-client on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the bacula-client package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove bacula-client

bacula-client Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/bacula/bacula-fd.conf
/etc/sysconfig/bacula-fd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7/c6f520dd13f887e1a145383726ff8c3bef92fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb/dd9bc9ac6f017809cef2fd09f7372e41a94edf
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8/241fa48189469b2994def7fac3bbe6b559fb1d
/usr/lib/systemd/system/bacula-fd.service
/usr/lib64/bacula/bpipe-fd.so
/usr/sbin/bacula-fd
/usr/sbin/bfdjson
/usr/share/man/man8/bacula-fd.8.gz

References

Summary

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