How To Install bareos-bat on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bareos-bat on Debian 9.
What is bareos-bat
bareos-bat is:
Bareos is a set of programs to manage backup, recovery and verification of data across a network of computers of different kinds.
It is efficient and relatively easy to use, while offering many advanced storage management features that make it easy to find and recover lost or damaged files. Due to its modular design, Bareos is scalable from small single computer systems to networks of hundreds of machines.
Bareos Admin Tool (BAT), a graphical interface for Bareos.
There are three methods to install bareos-bat on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bareos-bat Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bareos-bat using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bareos-bat
Install bareos-bat Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bareos-bat using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bareos-bat
Install bareos-bat 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 bareos-bat using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bareos-bat
How To Uninstall bareos-bat on Debian 9
To uninstall only the bareos-bat package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bareos-bat
Uninstall bareos-bat And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bareos-bat and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bareos-bat
Remove bareos-bat Configurations and Data
To remove bareos-bat configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bareos-bat
Remove bareos-bat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bareos-bat configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bareos-bat
Dependencies
bareos-bat have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bareos-bat package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.