How To Install kbackup on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kbackup on CentOS 7.
What is kbackup
KBackup is a program that lets you back up any directories or files, whereby it uses an easy to use directory tree to select the things to back up. The program was designed to be very simple in its use so that it can be used by non-computer experts. The storage format is the well known TAR format, whereby the data is still stored in compressed format (bzip2 or gzip).
We can use yum or dnf to install kbackup on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install kbackup.
Install kbackup on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install kbackup using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install kbackup
Install kbackup on CentOS 7 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 kbackup using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install kbackup
How To Uninstall kbackup on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the kbackup package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove kbackup
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kbackup on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
