How To Install xfsdump on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfsdump on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is xfsdump
xfsdump is:
The xfsdump package contains xfsdump, xfsrestore and a number of other administrative utilities for managing XFS filesystems.
xfsdump examines files in a filesystem, determines which need to be backed up, and copies those files to a specified disk, tape or other storage medium. It uses XFS-specific directives for optimizing the dump of an XFS filesystem, and also knows how to backup XFS extended attributes. Backups created with xfsdump are “endian safe” and can thus be transfered between Linux machines of different architectures and also between IRIX machines.
xfsrestore performs the inverse function of xfsdump; it can restore a full backup of a filesystem. Subsequent incremental backups can then be layered on top of the full backup. Single files and directory subtrees may be restored from full or partial backups.
There are three methods to install xfsdump 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 xfsdump Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xfsdump using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xfsdump
Install xfsdump Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xfsdump using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xfsdump
Install xfsdump 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 xfsdump using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xfsdump
How To Uninstall xfsdump on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the xfsdump package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xfsdump
Uninstall xfsdump And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xfsdump and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfsdump
Remove xfsdump Configurations and Data
To remove xfsdump configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xfsdump
Remove xfsdump configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xfsdump configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xfsdump
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfsdump package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
