How To Install amanda-client on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install amanda-client
on AlmaLinux 8.
What is amanda-client
The Amanda-client package should be installed on any machine that will be backed up by AMANDA (including the server if it also needs to be backed up). You will also need to install the amanda package on each AMANDA client machine.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install amanda-client
on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install amanda-client.
Install amanda-client on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install amanda-client
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install amanda-client
Install amanda-client on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install amanda-client
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install amanda-client
How To Uninstall amanda-client on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the amanda-client
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove amanda-client
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install amanda-client
on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.