How To Install ldap-git-backup on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ldap-git-backup on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ldap-git-backup
ldap-git-backup is:
ldap-git-backup (creates and) updates a Git repository which contains the current LDIF dump of an LDAP directory. Given that writes are rare in an LDAP directory and confined to a few entries for each write Git will store the entire history of an LDAP directory in a space efficient way.
By default the backups are done with slapcat from OpenLDAP but can be done with any command that dumps the current contents of an LDAP directory in LDIF format.
There are three methods to install ldap-git-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 ldap-git-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 ldap-git-backup using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ldap-git-backup
Install ldap-git-backup Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ldap-git-backup using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ldap-git-backup
Install ldap-git-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 ldap-git-backup using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ldap-git-backup
How To Uninstall ldap-git-backup on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ldap-git-backup package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ldap-git-backup
Uninstall ldap-git-backup And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ldap-git-backup and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ldap-git-backup
Remove ldap-git-backup Configurations and Data
To remove ldap-git-backup configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ldap-git-backup
Remove ldap-git-backup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ldap-git-backup configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ldap-git-backup
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ldap-git-backup package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
