How To Install BackupPC on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install BackupPC on CentOS 7.
What is BackupPC
BackupPC is a high-performance, enterprise-grade system for backing up Linux and WinXX and Mac OS X PCs and laptops to a server’s disk. BackupPC is highly configurable and easy to install and maintain.
We can use yum or dnf to install BackupPC on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install BackupPC.
Install BackupPC on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install BackupPC using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install BackupPC
Install BackupPC on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install BackupPC using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install BackupPC
How To Uninstall BackupPC on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the BackupPC package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove BackupPC
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install BackupPC on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
