How To Install bacula-client on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula-client in Fedora 36. bacula-client is Bacula backup client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula-client on Fedora 36.

What is `bacula-client`

Bacula is a set of programs that allow you to manage the backup, recovery, and verification of computer data across a network of different computers. It is based on a client/server architecture. This package contains the bacula client, the daemon running on the system to be backed up.

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

Install bacula-client 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 bacula-client using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bacula-client

Install bacula-client 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 bacula-client using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bacula-client

How To Uninstall bacula-client on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove bacula-client

bacula-client Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/bacula/bacula-fd.conf
/etc/sysconfig/bacula-fd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/6bb61991eeb57065c89b5c8762b72753b75a79
/usr/lib/.build-id/25
/usr/lib/.build-id/25/6a48a3f497da12e09b6164368d061829684dc8
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f/20eddac86687849443b16d99ac59de4cda8880
/usr/lib/.build-id/39
/usr/lib/.build-id/39/e96c067292b0e580660efb956227d674c0de2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/83/89a1a153e4b6b8b9d59e00acefb7155a65c1ef
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/2fc86dea8fa29ad87c013168acbaeb439a2c3d
/usr/lib/systemd/system/bacula-fd.service
/usr/lib64/bacula/bpipe-fd.so
/usr/lib64/bacula/cdp-fd.so
/usr/lib64/bacula/docker-fd.so
/usr/sbin/bacula-fd
/usr/sbin/bfdjson
/usr/sbin/cdp-client
/usr/share/man/man8/bacula-fd.8.gz

References

bacula-client website

Summary

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