How To Install bacula-director-pgsql on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula-director-pgsql on Debian 10.
What is bacula-director-pgsql
bacula-director-pgsql 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 PostgreSQL database and thus is suited for large installations.
There are three methods to install bacula-director-pgsql on Debian 10. 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-pgsql 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-pgsql using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bacula-director-pgsql
Install bacula-director-pgsql Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bacula-director-pgsql using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bacula-director-pgsql
Install bacula-director-pgsql 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-director-pgsql using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bacula-director-pgsql
How To Uninstall bacula-director-pgsql on Debian 10
To uninstall only the bacula-director-pgsql package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bacula-director-pgsql
Uninstall bacula-director-pgsql And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bacula-director-pgsql and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bacula-director-pgsql
Remove bacula-director-pgsql Configurations and Data
To remove bacula-director-pgsql configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bacula-director-pgsql
Remove bacula-director-pgsql configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bacula-director-pgsql configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bacula-director-pgsql
Dependencies
bacula-director-pgsql have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula-director-pgsql package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.