How To Install duply on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install duply on Debian 11. duply is easy to use frontend to the duplicity backup system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install duply on Debian 11.

What is duply

duply is:

duply is a shell front end to duplicity that simplifies the usage by managing settings for each backup job in profiles. It supports executing multiple commands in a batch mode to enable single line cron entries and allows the user to use pre/post backup scripts. All duplicity backends are supported. The previous name of duply was ftplicity.

There are three methods to install duply on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install duply Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install duply

Install duply Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install duply

Install duply 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 duply using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install duply

How To Uninstall duply on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove duply

Uninstall duply And Its Dependencies

To uninstall duply and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove duply

Remove duply Configurations and Data

To remove duply configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge duply

Remove duply configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge duply

Dependencies

duply have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install duply package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.