How To Install bacula-fd on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula-fd on Kali Linux.

What is bacula-fd

bacula-fd is:

Bacula is a set of programs to manage backup, recovery and verification of data across a network of computers of different kinds.

The file daemon has to be installed on the machine to be backed up. It is responsible for providing the file attributes and data when requested by the Director and also for the file system-dependent part of restoration.

There are three methods to install bacula-fd 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-fd 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-fd using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install bacula-fd

Install bacula-fd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bacula-fd

Install bacula-fd 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-fd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bacula-fd

How To Uninstall bacula-fd on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove bacula-fd

Uninstall bacula-fd And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bacula-fd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bacula-fd

Remove bacula-fd Configurations and Data

To remove bacula-fd configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bacula-fd

Remove bacula-fd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bacula-fd

Dependencies

bacula-fd have the following dependencies:

• init-system-helpers
• bacula-common
• lsb-base
• ucf
• libacl1
• libc6
• liblzo2-2
• libstdc++6
• zlib1g

References

• bacula-fd website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula-fd package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.