How To Install barman-cli on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install barman-cli on Kali Linux. barman-cli is Client utilities for the integration of Barman in PostgreSQL clusters

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install barman-cli on Kali Linux.

What is barman-cli

barman-cli is:

Barman (Backup and Recovery Manager) is an open-source administration tool for disaster recovery of PostgreSQL servers written in Python.

It allows your organization to perform remote backups of multiple servers in business critical environments to reduce risk and help DBAs during the recovery phase.

The barman-cli package contains client utilities for the integration of Barman in PostgreSQL clusters.

Barman is distributed under GNU GPL 3 and maintained by 2ndQuadrant.

There are three methods to install barman-cli 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 barman-cli Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install barman-cli

Install barman-cli Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install barman-cli

Install barman-cli 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 barman-cli using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install barman-cli

How To Uninstall barman-cli on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the barman-cli package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove barman-cli

Uninstall barman-cli And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove barman-cli

Remove barman-cli Configurations and Data

To remove barman-cli configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge barman-cli

Remove barman-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge barman-cli

Dependencies

barman-cli have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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