How To Install s3backer on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install s3backer
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is s3backer
s3backer is:
s3backer is a filesystem that contains a single file backed by the Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). The blocks of the file are stored as S3 objects. This way s3backer acts a virtual hard disk device.
There are three methods to install s3backer
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install s3backer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install s3backer
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install s3backer
Install s3backer Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install s3backer
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install s3backer
Install s3backer 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 s3backer
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install s3backer
How To Uninstall s3backer on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the s3backer
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove s3backer
Uninstall s3backer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall s3backer
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove s3backer
Remove s3backer Configurations and Data
To remove s3backer
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge s3backer
Remove s3backer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove s3backer
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge s3backer
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install s3backer
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.