How To Install duply on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install duply on Debian 11.
What is duply
duply is:
duply is a shell front end to duplicity that simplifies the usage by managing settings for each backup job in profiles. It supports executing multiple commands in a batch mode to enable single line cron entries and allows the user to use pre/post backup scripts. All duplicity backends are supported. The previous name of duply was ftplicity.
There are three methods to install duply on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install duply Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install duply using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install duply
Install duply Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install duply using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install duply
Install duply 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 duply using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install duply
How To Uninstall duply on Debian 11
To uninstall only the duply package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove duply
Uninstall duply And Its Dependencies
To uninstall duply and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove duply
Remove duply Configurations and Data
To remove duply configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge duply
Remove duply configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove duply configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge duply
Dependencies
duply have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install duply package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.