How To Install bareos-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install bareos-dbg on Debian 9. bareos-dbg is Backup Archiving Recovery Open Sourced - debugging symbols

Introduction

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

What is bareos-dbg

bareos-dbg 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 debugging symbols for Bareos.

There are three methods to install bareos-dbg 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-dbg 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-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install bareos-dbg

Install bareos-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bareos-dbg

Install bareos-dbg 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-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bareos-dbg

How To Uninstall bareos-dbg on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove bareos-dbg

Uninstall bareos-dbg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bareos-dbg

Remove bareos-dbg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bareos-dbg

Remove bareos-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bareos-dbg

Dependencies

bareos-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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