How To Install dvbackup on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dvbackup on Debian 10.
What is dvbackup
dvbackup is:
Dvbackup hides the data it receives on standard input in a perfectly legal DV (digital video) stream. This allows you to use your DV camcorder and your DV cartridges as a potent mass storage system. Obviously, your system and your camcorder have to be connected via IEEE1394 (aka Firewire, iLink).
Current digital camcorders can save approximately 13 GB of data on those tiny DV cartridges at a speed of 3.6 MB/sec. That’s faster than most DAT streamers which only work at 1 MB/sec or less. dvbackup can not use all of the data, but 10 GB should be good enough for everyone.
To bring the data on tape, you have to use an additional utility, called dvconnect, which is included in libdv-bin.
There are three methods to install dvbackup on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dvbackup Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dvbackup using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dvbackup
Install dvbackup Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dvbackup using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dvbackup
Install dvbackup 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 dvbackup using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dvbackup
How To Uninstall dvbackup on Debian 10
To uninstall only the dvbackup package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dvbackup
Uninstall dvbackup And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dvbackup and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dvbackup
Remove dvbackup Configurations and Data
To remove dvbackup configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dvbackup
Remove dvbackup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dvbackup configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dvbackup
Dependencies
dvbackup have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dvbackup package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.