How To Install brebis on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install brebis on Debian 9. brebis is fully automated backup checker

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install brebis on Debian 9.

What is brebis

brebis is:

Brebis parses backups (archives and file tree) to perform several different checks in order to verify your backup integrity and its associated content.

There are three methods to install brebis 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 brebis Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install brebis

Install brebis Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install brebis using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install brebis

Install brebis 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 brebis using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install brebis

How To Uninstall brebis on Debian 9

To uninstall only the brebis package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove brebis

Uninstall brebis And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove brebis

Remove brebis Configurations and Data

To remove brebis configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge brebis

Remove brebis configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge brebis

Dependencies

brebis have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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