How To Install bareos-traymonitor on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install bareos-traymonitor on Debian 9. bareos-traymonitor is Backup Archiving Recovery Open Sourced - tray monitor

Introduction

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

What is bareos-traymonitor

bareos-traymonitor 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 a tray monitor for the Bareos backup system. It is FreeDesktop-compatible, which means it will work under both KDE and GNOME.

The monitor constantly displays the status of Bareos.

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

sudo apt-get -y install bareos-traymonitor

Install bareos-traymonitor Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bareos-traymonitor

Install bareos-traymonitor 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-traymonitor using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bareos-traymonitor

How To Uninstall bareos-traymonitor on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove bareos-traymonitor

Uninstall bareos-traymonitor And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bareos-traymonitor and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bareos-traymonitor

Remove bareos-traymonitor Configurations and Data

To remove bareos-traymonitor configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bareos-traymonitor

Remove bareos-traymonitor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bareos-traymonitor

Dependencies

bareos-traymonitor have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bareos-traymonitor package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.