How To Install amanda-client on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install amanda-client on CentOS 7. amanda-client is The client component of the AMANDA tape backup system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install amanda-client on CentOS 7.

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 CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install amanda-client.

Install amanda-client on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install amanda-client using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install amanda-client

Install amanda-client 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 amanda-client using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install amanda-client

How To Uninstall amanda-client on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the amanda-client package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove amanda-client

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install amanda-client on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.