How To Install bacula-director on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula-director in AlmaLinux 8. bacula-director is Bacula Director files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula-director on AlmaLinux 8.

What is bacula-director

Bacula is a set of programs that allow you to manage the backup, recovery, and verification of computer data across a network of different computers. It is based on a client/server architecture. This package contains the director files.

We can use yum or dnf to install bacula-director on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bacula-director.

Install bacula-director on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install bacula-director using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bacula-director

Install bacula-director on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install bacula-director using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bacula-director

How To Uninstall bacula-director on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the bacula-director package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove bacula-director

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula-director on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.