How To Install rsync-bpc on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install rsync-bpc in Fedora 36. rsync-bpc is A customized fork of rsync that is used as part of BackupPC

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rsync-bpc on Fedora 36.

What is rsync-bpc

Rsync-bpc is a customized version of rsync that is used as part of BackupPC, an open source backup system. The main change to rsync is adding a shim layer (in the subdirectory backuppc, and in bpc_sysCalls.c) that emulates the system calls for accessing the file system so that rsync can directly read/write files in BackupPC’s format. Rsync-bpc is fully line-compatible with vanilla rsync, so it can talk to rsync servers and clients. Rsync-bpc serves no purpose outside of BackupPC.

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

Install rsync-bpc 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 rsync-bpc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rsync-bpc

Install rsync-bpc 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 rsync-bpc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rsync-bpc

How To Uninstall rsync-bpc on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the rsync-bpc package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove rsync-bpc

rsync-bpc Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/rsync_bpc
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/57
/usr/lib/.build-id/57/7aadda37d066b1facf8ee57c7556155254b900
/usr/share/doc/rsync-bpc
/usr/share/doc/rsync-bpc/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/rsync-bpc/README
/usr/share/licenses/rsync-bpc
/usr/share/licenses/rsync-bpc/COPYING

References

Summary

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