How To Install rsnapshot on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsnapshot
on CentOS 7.
What is rsnapshot
This is a remote backup program that uses rsync to take backup snapshots of filesystems. It uses hard links to save space on disk.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install rsnapshot
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rsnapshot.
Install rsnapshot on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install rsnapshot
using yum
by running the following command:
Install rsnapshot 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.
After updating yum database, We can install rsnapshot
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall rsnapshot on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the rsnapshot
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsnapshot
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.