How To Install btrbk on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install btrbk on CentOS 7. btrbk is Tool for creating snapshots and remote backups of btrfs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install btrbk on CentOS 7.

What is btrbk

Backup tool for btrfs sub-volumes, using a configuration file, allows creation of backups from multiple sources to multiple destinations, with ssh and flexible retention policy support (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly)

We can use yum or dnf to install btrbk on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install btrbk.

Install btrbk on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install btrbk using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install btrbk

Install btrbk on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install btrbk using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install btrbk

How To Uninstall btrbk on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove btrbk

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install btrbk on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.