How To Install bacula-server on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula-server
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is bacula-server
bacula-server is:
Bacula is a set of programs to manage backup, recovery, and verification of data across a network of computers of different kinds.
This metapackage provides a standard server install, consisting of the director and storage daemons.
There are three methods to install bacula-server
on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-server 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-server
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bacula-server
Install bacula-server Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bacula-server
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bacula-server
Install bacula-server 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-server
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bacula-server
How To Uninstall bacula-server on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the bacula-server
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bacula-server
Uninstall bacula-server And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bacula-server
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bacula-server
Remove bacula-server Configurations and Data
To remove bacula-server
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bacula-server
Remove bacula-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bacula-server
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bacula-server
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula-server
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.