How To Install percona-xtrabackup on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install percona-xtrabackup on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is percona-xtrabackup
percona-xtrabackup is:
Percona XtraBackup is an open-source hot backup utility for MySQL that doesn’t lock your database during the backup. It can back up data from InnoDB, XtraDB and MyISAM tables on MySQL/Percona Server 5.1 and 5.5 servers, and has many advanced features.
There are three methods to install percona-xtrabackup on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install percona-xtrabackup Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install percona-xtrabackup using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install percona-xtrabackup
Install percona-xtrabackup Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install percona-xtrabackup using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install percona-xtrabackup
Install percona-xtrabackup 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install percona-xtrabackup using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install percona-xtrabackup
How To Uninstall percona-xtrabackup on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the percona-xtrabackup package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove percona-xtrabackup
Uninstall percona-xtrabackup And Its Dependencies
To uninstall percona-xtrabackup and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove percona-xtrabackup
Remove percona-xtrabackup Configurations and Data
To remove percona-xtrabackup configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge percona-xtrabackup
Remove percona-xtrabackup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove percona-xtrabackup configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge percona-xtrabackup
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install percona-xtrabackup package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
