How To Install virtnbdbackup on Debian 12

Learn how to install virtnbdbackup on Debian 12 with this tutorial. virtnbdbackup is Backup utility for libvirt

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install virtnbdbackup on Debian 12.

What is `virtnbdbackup`

virtnbdbackup is:

Create online, thin provisioned full and incremental or differential backups of your kvm/qemu virtual machines.

There are three methods to install virtnbdbackup 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 virtnbdbackup Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install virtnbdbackup

Install virtnbdbackup Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install virtnbdbackup

Install virtnbdbackup 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 virtnbdbackup using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install virtnbdbackup

How To Uninstall virtnbdbackup on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove virtnbdbackup

Uninstall virtnbdbackup And Its Dependencies

To uninstall virtnbdbackup and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove virtnbdbackup

Remove virtnbdbackup Configurations and Data

To remove virtnbdbackup configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge virtnbdbackup

Remove virtnbdbackup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge virtnbdbackup

Dependencies

virtnbdbackup have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install virtnbdbackup package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.