How To Install btrfs-sxbackup on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install btrfs-sxbackup on Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install btrfs-sxbackup using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install btrfs-sxbackup
Install btrfs-sxbackup on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install btrfs-sxbackup using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install btrfs-sxbackup
How To Uninstall btrfs-sxbackup on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the btrfs-sxbackup package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove btrfs-sxbackup
btrfs-sxbackup Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/btrfs-sxbackup.conf
/usr/bin/btrfs-sxbackup
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup-0.6.11-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup-0.6.11-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup-0.6.11-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup-0.6.11-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup-0.6.11-py3.6.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup-0.6.11-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__main__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/__main__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/__main__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/core.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/core.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/entities.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/entities.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/mail.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/mail.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/retention.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/retention.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/shell.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/shell.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/core.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/entities.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/mail.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/retention.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/shell.py
/usr/share/doc/btrfs-sxbackup
/usr/share/doc/btrfs-sxbackup/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/btrfs-sxbackup
/usr/share/licenses/btrfs-sxbackup/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/btrfs-sxbackup-destroy.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/btrfs-sxbackup-info.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/btrfs-sxbackup-init.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/btrfs-sxbackup-run.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/btrfs-sxbackup-transfer.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/btrfs-sxbackup-update.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/btrfs-sxbackup.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install btrfs-sxbackup on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.