How To Install bareos-database-mysql on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install bareos-database-mysql on Debian 9. 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 9.

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 database.

There are three methods to install bareos-database-mysql 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-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 9

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 9, 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 9 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 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.