How To Install awit-dbackup on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install awit-dbackup on Kali Linux.

What is awit-dbackup

awit-dbackup is:

This is a backup software package which basically creates one archive per directory it backs up. This makes searching through the backup much easier as you can look for which files you’re after in the directory hierarchy. It will only backup directories which have changed, which makes it rsync friendly.

There are three methods to install awit-dbackup on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install awit-dbackup Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install awit-dbackup using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install awit-dbackup

Install awit-dbackup Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install awit-dbackup using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install awit-dbackup

Install awit-dbackup Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install awit-dbackup using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install awit-dbackup

How To Uninstall awit-dbackup on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the awit-dbackup package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove awit-dbackup

Uninstall awit-dbackup And Its Dependencies

To uninstall awit-dbackup and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove awit-dbackup

Remove awit-dbackup Configurations and Data

To remove awit-dbackup configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge awit-dbackup

Remove awit-dbackup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove awit-dbackup configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge awit-dbackup

Dependencies

awit-dbackup have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• awit-dbackup website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install awit-dbackup package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.