How To Install backintime-qt on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install backintime-qt in Fedora 36. backintime-qt is Qt frontend for backintime

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install backintime-qt on Fedora 36.

What is backintime-qt

BackInTime is a simple backup system for Linux inspired from “flyback project” and “TimeVault”. The backup is done by taking snapshots of a specified set of directories. This package contains the Qt frontend of BackInTime.

We can use yum or dnf to install backintime-qt on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install backintime-qt.

Install backintime-qt on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install backintime-qt

Install backintime-qt on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install backintime-qt

How To Uninstall backintime-qt on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the backintime-qt package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove backintime-qt

backintime-qt Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/pam.d/backintime-qt-root
/etc/security/console.apps/backintime-qt-root
/usr/bin/backintime-qt
/usr/bin/backintime-qt-root
/usr/bin/backintime-qt_polkit
/usr/sbin/backintime-qt-root
/usr/share/applications/backintime-qt-root.desktop
/usr/share/applications/backintime-qt.desktop
/usr/share/backintime/qt
/usr/share/backintime/qt/__pycache__
/usr/share/backintime/qt/__pycache__/app.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/backintime/qt/__pycache__/app.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/backintime/qt/__pycache__/icon.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/backintime/qt/__pycache__/icon.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/backintime/qt/__pycache__/logviewdialog.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/backintime/qt/__pycache__/logviewdialog.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/backintime/qt/__pycache__/messagebox.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/backintime/qt/__pycache__/messagebox.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/backintime/qt/__pycache__/qtsystrayicon.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/backintime/qt/__pycache__/qtsystrayicon.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/backintime/qt/__pycache__/qttools.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/backintime/qt/__pycache__/qttools.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/backintime/qt/__pycache__/restoredialog.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/backintime/qt/__pycache__/restoredialog.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/backintime/qt/__pycache__/serviceHelper.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/backintime/qt/__pycache__/serviceHelper.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/backintime/qt/__pycache__/settingsdialog.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/backintime/qt/__pycache__/settingsdialog.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/backintime/qt/__pycache__/snapshotsdialog.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/backintime/qt/__pycache__/snapshotsdialog.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/backintime/qt/app.py
/usr/share/backintime/qt/icon.py
/usr/share/backintime/qt/logviewdialog.py
/usr/share/backintime/qt/messagebox.py
/usr/share/backintime/qt/qtsystrayicon.py
/usr/share/backintime/qt/qttools.py
/usr/share/backintime/qt/restoredialog.py
/usr/share/backintime/qt/serviceHelper.py
/usr/share/backintime/qt/settingsdialog.py
/usr/share/backintime/qt/snapshotsdialog.py
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/backintime-qt
/usr/share/doc/backintime-qt
/usr/share/doc/backintime-qt/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/backintime-qt/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/backintime-qt/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/backintime-qt/README.md
/usr/share/doc/backintime-qt/TRANSLATIONS
/usr/share/doc/backintime-qt/VERSION
/usr/share/doc/backintime-qt/copyright
/usr/share/doc/qt/HTML/en/backintime/index.docbook
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/show-hidden.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/show-hidden.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/actions/show-hidden.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/actions/show-hidden.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/actions/show-hidden.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/actions/show-hidden.svg

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install backintime-qt on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).