How To Install btrfs-sxbackup on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install btrfs-sxbackup in Fedora 36. btrfs-sxbackup is Incremental btrfs snapshot backups with push/pull support via SSH

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install btrfs-sxbackup on Fedora 36.

What is btrfs-sxbackup

Btrfs snapshot backup utility with push/pull support via SSH, retention, Email notifications, compression of transferred data, and syslog logging.

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

Install btrfs-sxbackup 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 btrfs-sxbackup using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install btrfs-sxbackup

Install btrfs-sxbackup 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 btrfs-sxbackup using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install btrfs-sxbackup

How To Uninstall btrfs-sxbackup on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the btrfs-sxbackup package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove btrfs-sxbackup

btrfs-sxbackup Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/btrfs-sxbackup.conf
/usr/bin/btrfs-sxbackup
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup-0.6.11-py3.10.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup-0.6.11-py3.10.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup-0.6.11-py3.10.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup-0.6.11-py3.10.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup-0.6.11-py3.10.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup-0.6.11-py3.10.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__main__.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/__main__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/__main__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/core.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/core.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/entities.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/entities.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/mail.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/mail.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/retention.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/retention.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/shell.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/shell.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/core.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/entities.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/mail.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/retention.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/shell.py
/usr/share/doc/btrfs-sxbackup
/usr/share/doc/btrfs-sxbackup/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/btrfs-sxbackup
/usr/share/licenses/btrfs-sxbackup/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/btrfs-sxbackup-destroy.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/btrfs-sxbackup-info.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/btrfs-sxbackup-init.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/btrfs-sxbackup-run.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/btrfs-sxbackup-transfer.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/btrfs-sxbackup-update.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/btrfs-sxbackup.1.gz

References

Summary

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