How To Install bacula-director-mysql on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula-director-mysql
on Kali Linux.
What is bacula-director-mysql
bacula-director-mysql is:
Bacula is a set of programs to manage backup, recovery and verification of data across a network of computers of different kinds.
The Bacula Director service supervises all the backup, restore, verify and archive operations. It can run as a daemon or as a foreground service which administrators can use to schedule backups and recover files.
This package stores Bacula’s catalog in a MySQL database and thus is suitable for medium-sized installations.
There are three methods to install bacula-director-mysql
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-director-mysql 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-director-mysql
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bacula-director-mysql
Install bacula-director-mysql Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bacula-director-mysql
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bacula-director-mysql
Install bacula-director-mysql 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 bacula-director-mysql
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bacula-director-mysql
How To Uninstall bacula-director-mysql on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the bacula-director-mysql
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bacula-director-mysql
Uninstall bacula-director-mysql And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bacula-director-mysql
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bacula-director-mysql
Remove bacula-director-mysql Configurations and Data
To remove bacula-director-mysql
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bacula-director-mysql
Remove bacula-director-mysql configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bacula-director-mysql
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bacula-director-mysql
Dependencies
bacula-director-mysql have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula-director-mysql
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.