How To Install storebackup on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install storebackup on Kali Linux.

What is storebackup

storebackup is:

Copies directory hierarchies recursively into another location, by date (e.g. /home/ => /var/bkup/2002.12.13_04.27.56/). Permissions are preserved, so users with access to the backup directory can recover their files themselves.

File comparisons are done with MD5 checksums, so no changes go unnoticed.

Hard-links unchanged backuped files to old versions and identical files within the backuped tree.

Compresses large files (that don’t match exclusion patterns).

Manages backups and removes old ones.

There are three methods to install storebackup on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install storebackup Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install storebackup using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install storebackup

Install storebackup Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install storebackup using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install storebackup

Install storebackup Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install storebackup using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install storebackup

How To Uninstall storebackup on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the storebackup package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove storebackup

Uninstall storebackup And Its Dependencies

To uninstall storebackup and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove storebackup

Remove storebackup Configurations and Data

To remove storebackup configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge storebackup

Remove storebackup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove storebackup configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge storebackup

Dependencies

storebackup have the following dependencies:

• bzip2
• debianutils
• perl

References

• storebackup website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install storebackup package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.