How To Install bareos-database-common on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install bareos-database-common on Debian 9. bareos-database-common is Backup Archiving Recovery Open Sourced - common catalog files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bareos-database-common on Debian 9.

What is bareos-database-common

bareos-database-common is:

Bareos is a set of programs to manage backup, recovery and verification of data across a network of computers of different kinds.

This package provides generic abstraction libs and files to connect the Bareos Director daemon to a database.

There are three methods to install bareos-database-common on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install bareos-database-common Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install bareos-database-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install bareos-database-common

Install bareos-database-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bareos-database-common

Install bareos-database-common Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install bareos-database-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bareos-database-common

How To Uninstall bareos-database-common on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove bareos-database-common

Uninstall bareos-database-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bareos-database-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bareos-database-common

Remove bareos-database-common Configurations and Data

To remove bareos-database-common configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bareos-database-common

Remove bareos-database-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove bareos-database-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bareos-database-common

Dependencies

bareos-database-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bareos-database-common package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.