How To Install amanda-client on CentOS 7
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.