How To Install barman on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install barman on Kali Linux. barman is Backup and Recovery Manager for PostgreSQL

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install barman on Kali Linux.

What is barman

barman is:

Barman (Backup and Recovery Manager) is an open-source administration tool for disaster recovery of PostgreSQL servers written in Python.

It allows your organization to perform remote backups of multiple servers in business critical environments to reduce risk and help DBAs during the recovery phase.

Barman is distributed under GNU GPL 3 and maintained by 2ndQuadrant.

This package provides barman binary.

There are three methods to install barman on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install barman Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install barman

Install barman Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install barman using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install barman

Install barman Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install barman using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install barman

How To Uninstall barman on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the barman package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove barman

Uninstall barman And Its Dependencies

To uninstall barman and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove barman

Remove barman Configurations and Data

To remove barman configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge barman

Remove barman configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge barman

Dependencies

barman have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install barman package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.