How To Install kup-backup on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kup-backup on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is kup-backup
kup-backup is:
Kup is a backup tool for KDE’s Plasma desktop created for helping people to keep up-to-date backups of their personal files.
Features :
- Incremental backup archive with the use of “bup”.
- Synchronized folders with the use of “rsync”.
- Support for local filesystem or external usb storage.
- Monitor availibilty of backup destination.
- Integration into KDE’s Plasma desktop.
There are three methods to install kup-backup on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install kup-backup Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kup-backup using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kup-backup
Install kup-backup Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kup-backup using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kup-backup
Install kup-backup 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install kup-backup using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kup-backup
How To Uninstall kup-backup on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the kup-backup package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kup-backup
Uninstall kup-backup And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kup-backup and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kup-backup
Remove kup-backup Configurations and Data
To remove kup-backup configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kup-backup
Remove kup-backup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kup-backup configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kup-backup
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kup-backup package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
