How To Install bareos-director-python-plugin on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install bareos-director-python-plugin on Debian 9. bareos-director-python-plugin is Backup Archiving Recovery Open Sourced - director Python plugin

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bareos-director-python-plugin on Debian 9.

What is bareos-director-python-plugin

bareos-director-python-plugin 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 the Python plugin for the director.

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

sudo apt-get -y install bareos-director-python-plugin

Install bareos-director-python-plugin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bareos-director-python-plugin

Install bareos-director-python-plugin 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-director-python-plugin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bareos-director-python-plugin

How To Uninstall bareos-director-python-plugin on Debian 9

To uninstall only the bareos-director-python-plugin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bareos-director-python-plugin

Uninstall bareos-director-python-plugin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bareos-director-python-plugin

Remove bareos-director-python-plugin Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bareos-director-python-plugin

Remove bareos-director-python-plugin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bareos-director-python-plugin

Dependencies

bareos-director-python-plugin have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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