How To Install bareos-database-mysql on Debian 10

Learn how to install bareos-database-mysql on Debian 10 with this tutorial. bareos-database-mysql is Backup Archiving Recovery Open Sourced - MySQL backend

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bareos-database-mysql on Debian 10.

What is bareos-database-mysql

bareos-database-mysql is:

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

This package provides the functionality to connect the Bareos Director daemon to a MySQL compatible database.

There are three methods to install bareos-database-mysql 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 bareos-database-mysql 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-database-mysql using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install bareos-database-mysql

Install bareos-database-mysql Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bareos-database-mysql

Install bareos-database-mysql 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-database-mysql using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bareos-database-mysql

How To Uninstall bareos-database-mysql on Debian 10

To uninstall only the bareos-database-mysql package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bareos-database-mysql

Uninstall bareos-database-mysql And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bareos-database-mysql and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bareos-database-mysql

Remove bareos-database-mysql Configurations and Data

To remove bareos-database-mysql configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bareos-database-mysql

Remove bareos-database-mysql configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove bareos-database-mysql configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bareos-database-mysql

Dependencies

bareos-database-mysql have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bareos-database-mysql package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.