How To Install amanda-client on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install amanda-client on Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the amanda-client package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove amanda-client
amanda-client Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/amanda-security.conf
/etc/amanda/DailySet1/amanda-client-postgresql.conf
/etc/amanda/DailySet1/amanda-client.conf
/etc/amanda/amanda-security.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/04/50c74c3ba64522c10453bba62e460a70d86779
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f/f1b3a8173972d3501d9e142e3378a1638f847a
/usr/lib/.build-id/28
/usr/lib/.build-id/28/93ed85b75d3c35a7a44b6f1624e40e8551b449
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e/e0f36e6aa1c46edd8685e041a6b2c4cf9990b7
/usr/lib/.build-id/60
/usr/lib/.build-id/60/a4d782282280eb7c476284031de09fa9a77da6
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b/3d6c2f3796ecdf64f7c3d8da555f66fa0b033a
/usr/lib/.build-id/84
/usr/lib/.build-id/84/0e2420bede4f70a9fda76b7508d9afb353b3f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/89
/usr/lib/.build-id/89/64d4b3ec9b443b9055a7801ac89f3a4e118c31
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b/6f82c5ade0a82240cf06b989529f528318ca6f
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9/8b23b6a983236761b2451ba257ff0ab504781a
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0/f27f51143b195a95093c049d95e82a7001c8ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca/5779fb5c7ce25bba76cb2abf48f4d18ef31ccf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd/a49afaf42edf08c14d5db9f4122bbff9a3cd39
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4/6baee4aee4d453f3cd4defbd02de68d1b1e0db
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0/d9808b0b650d7e3a8ba8d11fe91b338d4c68ed
/usr/lib64/amanda/application
/usr/lib64/amanda/application/ambsdtar
/usr/lib64/amanda/application/amgtar
/usr/lib64/amanda/application/amlog-script
/usr/lib64/amanda/application/ampgsql
/usr/lib64/amanda/application/amrandom
/usr/lib64/amanda/application/amraw
/usr/lib64/amanda/application/amsamba
/usr/lib64/amanda/application/amstar
/usr/lib64/amanda/application/amsuntar
/usr/lib64/amanda/application/amzfs-sendrecv
/usr/lib64/amanda/application/amzfs-snapshot
/usr/lib64/amanda/application/script-email
/usr/lib64/amanda/application/script-fail
/usr/lib64/amanda/calcsize
/usr/lib64/amanda/killpgrp
/usr/lib64/amanda/noop
/usr/lib64/amanda/patch-system
/usr/lib64/amanda/restore
/usr/lib64/amanda/rundump
/usr/lib64/amanda/runtar
/usr/lib64/amanda/selfcheck
/usr/lib64/amanda/sendbackup
/usr/lib64/amanda/senddiscover
/usr/lib64/amanda/sendsize
/usr/lib64/amanda/teecount
/usr/sbin/ambackup
/usr/sbin/amdump_client
/usr/sbin/amoldrecover
/usr/sbin/amrecover
/usr/share/man/man5/amanda-client.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/amanda-security.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/amanda-applications.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ambackup.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ambsdtar.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amdump_client.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amgtar.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amoldrecover.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ampgsql.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amraw.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amrecover.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amsamba.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amstar.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amsuntar.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amzfs-sendrecv.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amzfs-snapshot.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/killpgrp.8.gz
/var/lib/amanda/amandates
/var/lib/amanda/gnutar-lists
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install amanda-client on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.