How To Install backupchecker on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install backupchecker on Debian 9.
What is backupchecker
backupchecker is:
Backup Checker parses backups (archives and file tree) to perform several different checks in order to verify your backup integrity and its associated content.
There are three methods to install backupchecker on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install backupchecker Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install backupchecker using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install backupchecker
Install backupchecker Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install backupchecker using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install backupchecker
Install backupchecker Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install backupchecker using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install backupchecker
How To Uninstall backupchecker on Debian 9
To uninstall only the backupchecker package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove backupchecker
Uninstall backupchecker And Its Dependencies
To uninstall backupchecker and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove backupchecker
Remove backupchecker Configurations and Data
To remove backupchecker configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge backupchecker
Remove backupchecker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove backupchecker configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge backupchecker
Dependencies
backupchecker have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install backupchecker package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.