How To Install bacula-bscan on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula-bscan on Kali Linux.
What is bacula-bscan
bacula-bscan is:
Bacula is a set of programs to manage backup, recovery and verification of data across a network of computers of different kinds.
The storage daemon performs the storage and recovery of the file attributes and data to the physical media; in other words, it is responsible for reading and writing the backups.
This package contains the bscan utility, which is used for recovery when Bacula’s catalog is unavailable.
There are three methods to install bacula-bscan 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 bacula-bscan Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install bacula-bscan using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bacula-bscanInstall bacula-bscan Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install bacula-bscan using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bacula-bscanInstall bacula-bscan 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install bacula-bscan using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bacula-bscanHow To Uninstall bacula-bscan on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the bacula-bscan package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bacula-bscanUninstall bacula-bscan And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bacula-bscan and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bacula-bscanRemove bacula-bscan Configurations and Data
To remove bacula-bscan configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bacula-bscanRemove bacula-bscan configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bacula-bscan configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bacula-bscanDependencies
bacula-bscan have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula-bscan package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
