How To Install amanda-client on CentOS 8

amanda-client is The client component of the AMANDA tape backup system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install amanda-client on CentOS 8.

What is amanda-client

The Amanda-client package should be installed on any machine that will be backed up by AMANDA (including the server if it also needs to be backed up). You will also need to install the amanda package on each AMANDA client machine.

We can use yum or dnf to install amanda-client on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install amanda-client.

Install amanda-client on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install amanda-client using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install amanda-client

Install amanda-client on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install amanda-client using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install amanda-client

How To Uninstall amanda-client on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the amanda-client package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove amanda-client

amanda-client Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/amanda-security.conf
/etc/amanda/DailySet1/amanda-client-postgresql.conf
/etc/amanda/DailySet1/amanda-client.conf
/etc/amanda/amanda-security.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/27
/usr/lib/.build-id/27/98edadb9f1017e81e8f0899b9fa78ee6f20afa
/usr/lib/.build-id/31
/usr/lib/.build-id/31/d83f6954e76db1195b32ced6c00ce975d362b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/42
/usr/lib/.build-id/42/167f27eeee3828373d0ecdc9d16fff6f11f984
/usr/lib/.build-id/47
/usr/lib/.build-id/47/00b36c615a6fe7e467709b8e7b7c282ced86bd
/usr/lib/.build-id/51/170d41f823ef1be94a9ba861e26806305e641a
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/e5434301e28303173120bfe9dd12e8dc30613d
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e/5e900c1f6e3c1667a237a89719d8156982c1c5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0/6524864567d72f5577c3b1984d48c22a09ce3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1/7b320dba4aaa41b60cf2b5c4c3a8dde7e7cf16
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9/49328a2aeb5337aa9d289052527347564bc19a
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb/b760842d014f6c25c93c6c06e841f4a1ff22c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/df
/usr/lib/.build-id/df/019be7810899db7de7ba1a401d793076cef744
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0/11866f6ff6998b3edc1b1b660dd951e852305a
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7/b223ed3d2d73327f1dcc0662c42d8def218eca
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/909cf64577dd7341f0f18826b8711e65ed9883
/usr/lib64/amanda/application
/usr/lib64/amanda/application/ambsdtar
/usr/lib64/amanda/application/amgtar
/usr/lib64/amanda/application/amlog-script
/usr/lib64/amanda/application/ampgsql
/usr/lib64/amanda/application/amrandom
/usr/lib64/amanda/application/amraw
/usr/lib64/amanda/application/amsamba
/usr/lib64/amanda/application/amstar
/usr/lib64/amanda/application/amsuntar
/usr/lib64/amanda/application/amzfs-sendrecv
/usr/lib64/amanda/application/amzfs-snapshot
/usr/lib64/amanda/application/script-email
/usr/lib64/amanda/application/script-fail
/usr/lib64/amanda/calcsize
/usr/lib64/amanda/killpgrp
/usr/lib64/amanda/noop
/usr/lib64/amanda/patch-system
/usr/lib64/amanda/restore
/usr/lib64/amanda/rundump
/usr/lib64/amanda/runtar
/usr/lib64/amanda/selfcheck
/usr/lib64/amanda/sendbackup
/usr/lib64/amanda/senddiscover
/usr/lib64/amanda/sendsize
/usr/lib64/amanda/teecount
/usr/sbin/ambackup
/usr/sbin/amdump_client
/usr/sbin/amoldrecover
/usr/sbin/amrecover
/usr/share/man/man5/amanda-client.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/amanda-security.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/amanda-applications.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ambackup.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ambsdtar.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amdump_client.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amgtar.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amoldrecover.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ampgsql.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amraw.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amrecover.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amsamba.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amstar.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amsuntar.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amzfs-sendrecv.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amzfs-snapshot.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/killpgrp.8.gz
/var/lib/amanda/amandates
/var/lib/amanda/gnutar-lists

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install amanda-client on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.