How To Install hdup on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install hdup on Kali Linux. hdup is Filesystem duplicator and backup

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hdup on Kali Linux.

What is hdup

hdup is:

hdup is a backup utility with the following characteristics:

remote backups (move the backup to another machine); encrypted backups; no obscure format for the backups; compression (gzip/bzip or none); simple to use.

The source also includes two manpages, one for hdup itself and the other for the configuration file. It should be fairly obvious how to use hdup.

There are three methods to install hdup on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install hdup Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install hdup using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install hdup

Install hdup Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install hdup using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install hdup

Install hdup Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install hdup using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hdup

How To Uninstall hdup on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove hdup

Uninstall hdup And Its Dependencies

To uninstall hdup and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hdup

Remove hdup Configurations and Data

To remove hdup configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge hdup

Remove hdup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove hdup configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hdup

Dependencies

hdup have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hdup package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.