How To Install vbackup on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vbackup
on Debian 12.
What is vbackup
vbackup is:
vbackup constists of a set of scripts that handle the various aspects of a backup. It can be easily extended to support other backup methods too. It can be used for full or incremental backups. It also includes a wizard for basic (quick) configuration.
Currently it supports/backups:
- XFS using xfsdump
- Generic filesystem backups using tar
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- dpkg and RPM database
- Partition tables, disk MBRs, MD and LVM information
- OpenLDAP database
It can work with local files, handle NFS mounts or scp backups to a remote location. It also supports encryption using x509 certificates.
There are three methods to install vbackup
on Debian 12. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install vbackup Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vbackup
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vbackup
Install vbackup Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vbackup
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vbackup
Install vbackup 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install vbackup
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vbackup
How To Uninstall vbackup on Debian 12
To uninstall only the vbackup
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vbackup
Uninstall vbackup And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vbackup
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vbackup
Remove vbackup Configurations and Data
To remove vbackup
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vbackup
Remove vbackup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vbackup
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vbackup
Dependencies
vbackup have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vbackup
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.