How To Install bacula on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula on Debian 11.
What is bacula
bacula is:
Bacula is a set of programs to manage backup, recovery and verification of computer data across a network of computers of different kinds.
It is efficient and relatively easy to use, while offering many advanced storage management features that make it easy to find and recover lost or damaged files. Due to its modular design, Bacula is scalable from small single computer systems to networks of hundreds of machines.
This metapackage installs the entire suite of Bacula applications: job scheduling, storage control, node connector and administrative console.
There are three methods to install bacula on Debian 11. 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 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bacula using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bacula
Install bacula Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bacula using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bacula
Install bacula 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 bacula using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bacula
How To Uninstall bacula on Debian 11
To uninstall only the bacula package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bacula
Uninstall bacula And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bacula and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bacula
Remove bacula Configurations and Data
To remove bacula configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bacula
Remove bacula configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bacula configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bacula
Dependencies
bacula have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.