How To Install storebackup on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install storebackup on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 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 storebackup using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install storebackup
How To Uninstall storebackup on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove storebackup
Remove storebackup Configurations and Data
To remove storebackup configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install storebackup package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
