How To Install bacula-console on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is bacula-console

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 command-line management console for the bacula backup system.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install bacula-console

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

sudo yum -y install bacula-console

How To Uninstall bacula-console on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove bacula-console

bacula-console Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/bacula/bconsole.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/91
/usr/lib/.build-id/91/112b44b1a780379500923202d25bc6f5c0397b
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0/f519599a194c022e4cb308c1c57c7bb1b6f4c5
/usr/sbin/bbconsjson
/usr/sbin/bconsole
/usr/share/man/man8/bconsole.8.gz

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Summary

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