How To Install bacula-director-sqlite3 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula-director-sqlite3 on Ubuntu 20.04. bacula-director-sqlite3 is network backup service - SQLite 3 storage for Director

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula-director-sqlite3 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is bacula-director-sqlite3

bacula-director-sqlite3 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 an SQLite 3 database and thus is only suitable for small or test installations.

Please be aware that using SQLite 3 databases is no longer supported by the author.

There are three methods to install bacula-director-sqlite3 on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-sqlite3 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-sqlite3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install bacula-director-sqlite3

Install bacula-director-sqlite3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install bacula-director-sqlite3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install bacula-director-sqlite3

Install bacula-director-sqlite3 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install bacula-director-sqlite3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bacula-director-sqlite3

How To Uninstall bacula-director-sqlite3 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the bacula-director-sqlite3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bacula-director-sqlite3

Uninstall bacula-director-sqlite3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bacula-director-sqlite3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bacula-director-sqlite3

Remove bacula-director-sqlite3 Configurations and Data

To remove bacula-director-sqlite3 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bacula-director-sqlite3

Remove bacula-director-sqlite3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove bacula-director-sqlite3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bacula-director-sqlite3

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula-director-sqlite3 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.