How To Install bareos-database-tools on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bareos-database-tools on Debian 9.
What is bareos-database-tools
bareos-database-tools 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 tools that requires access to the Bareos database.
There are three methods to install bareos-database-tools 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-tools 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-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bareos-database-tools
Install bareos-database-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bareos-database-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bareos-database-tools
Install bareos-database-tools 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-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bareos-database-tools
How To Uninstall bareos-database-tools on Debian 9
To uninstall only the bareos-database-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bareos-database-tools
Uninstall bareos-database-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bareos-database-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bareos-database-tools
Remove bareos-database-tools Configurations and Data
To remove bareos-database-tools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bareos-database-tools
Remove bareos-database-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bareos-database-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bareos-database-tools
Dependencies
bareos-database-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bareos-database-tools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
