How To Install btrbk on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install btrbk in Fedora 36. btrbk is Tool for creating snapshots and remote backups of btrfs sub-volumes

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install btrbk on Fedora 36.

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 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install btrbk.

Install btrbk 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 btrbk using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install btrbk

Install btrbk 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 btrbk using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install btrbk

How To Uninstall btrbk on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove btrbk

btrbk Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/btrbk
/etc/btrbk/btrbk.conf.example
/usr/bin/btrbk
/usr/bin/lsbtr
/usr/lib/systemd/system/btrbk.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/btrbk.timer
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/btrbk
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/lsbtr
/usr/share/btrbk
/usr/share/btrbk/scripts
/usr/share/btrbk/scripts/btrbk-mail
/usr/share/btrbk/scripts/btrbk-verify
/usr/share/btrbk/scripts/btrbk_restore_raw.py
/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/lsbtr.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ssh_filter_btrbk.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/btrbk.conf.5.gz

References

btrbk website

Summary

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