How To Install bareos-storage-fifo on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install bareos-storage-fifo on Debian 9. bareos-storage-fifo is Backup Archiving Recovery Open Sourced - storage daemon FIFO backend

Introduction

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

What is bareos-storage-fifo

bareos-storage-fifo 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 contains the Storage backend for FIFO files. This package is only required, when a resource “Archive Device = fifo” should be used by the Bareos Storage Daemon.

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

sudo apt-get -y install bareos-storage-fifo

Install bareos-storage-fifo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bareos-storage-fifo

Install bareos-storage-fifo 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-storage-fifo using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bareos-storage-fifo

How To Uninstall bareos-storage-fifo on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove bareos-storage-fifo

Uninstall bareos-storage-fifo And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bareos-storage-fifo

Remove bareos-storage-fifo Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bareos-storage-fifo

Remove bareos-storage-fifo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bareos-storage-fifo

Dependencies

bareos-storage-fifo have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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