How To Install btrbk on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install btrbk on Fedora 34.
What is btrbk
Backup tool for btrfs sub-volumes, using a configuration file, allows creation of backups from multiple sources to multiple destinations, with ssh and flexible retention policy support (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly)
We can use yum or dnf to install btrbk on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install btrbk.
Install btrbk on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install btrbk using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install btrbk
Install btrbk on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install btrbk using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install btrbk
How To Uninstall btrbk on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the btrbk package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove btrbk
btrbk Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/btrbk
/etc/btrbk/btrbk.conf.example
/usr/lib/systemd/system/btrbk.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/btrbk.timer
/usr/sbin/btrbk
/usr/share/btrbk
/usr/share/btrbk/scripts
/usr/share/btrbk/scripts/__pycache__
/usr/share/btrbk/scripts/__pycache__/kdf_pbkdf2.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/btrbk/scripts/__pycache__/kdf_pbkdf2.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/share/btrbk/scripts/btrbk-mail
/usr/share/btrbk/scripts/btrbk-verify
/usr/share/btrbk/scripts/kdf_pbkdf2.py
/usr/share/btrbk/scripts/raw_suffix2sidecar
/usr/share/btrbk/scripts/ssh_filter_btrbk.sh
/usr/share/doc/btrbk
/usr/share/doc/btrbk/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/btrbk/FAQ.md
/usr/share/doc/btrbk/README.md
/usr/share/doc/btrbk/upgrade_to_v0.23.0.md
/usr/share/licenses/btrbk
/usr/share/licenses/btrbk/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/btrbk.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ssh_filter_btrbk.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/btrbk.conf.5.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install btrbk on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
