How To Install btrfs-sxbackup on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install btrfs-sxbackup on CentOS 8.
What is btrfs-sxbackup
Btrfs snapshot backup utility with push/pull support via SSH, retention, Email notifications, compression of transferred data, and syslog logging.
We can use yum or dnf to install btrfs-sxbackup on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install btrfs-sxbackup.
Install btrfs-sxbackup on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install btrfs-sxbackup using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install btrfs-sxbackup
Install btrfs-sxbackup on CentOS 8 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 btrfs-sxbackup using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install btrfs-sxbackup
How To Uninstall btrfs-sxbackup on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the btrfs-sxbackup package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove btrfs-sxbackup
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install btrfs-sxbackup on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.