How To Install dirvish on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install dirvish in Fedora 36. dirvish is Fast, disk based, rotating network backup system

Introduction

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

What is `dirvish`

Dirvish is a fast, disk based, rotating network backup system. With dirvish you can maintain a set of complete images of your filesystems with unattended creation and expiration. A dirvish backup vault is like a time machine for your data.

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

Install dirvish 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 dirvish using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dirvish

Install dirvish 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 dirvish using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dirvish

How To Uninstall dirvish on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove dirvish

dirvish Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/dirvish
/usr/bin/dirvish
/usr/bin/dirvish-expire
/usr/bin/dirvish-locate
/usr/bin/dirvish-runall
/usr/share/doc/dirvish
/usr/share/doc/dirvish/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/dirvish/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/dirvish/FAQ.html
/usr/share/doc/dirvish/RELEASE.html
/usr/share/doc/dirvish/TODO.html
/usr/share/man/man5/dirvish.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dirvish-expire.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dirvish-locate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dirvish-runall.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dirvish.8.gz

References

dirvish website

Summary

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