How To Install bacula-console on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula-console on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is bacula-console
bacula-console is:
Bacula is a set of programs to manage backup, recovery, and verification of data across a network of computers of different kinds.
The management console allows the administrator or user to communicate with the Bacula Director.
This package provides the text-interface version of the console.
There are three methods to install bacula-console 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 bacula-console Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bacula-console using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bacula-console
Install bacula-console Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bacula-console using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bacula-console
Install bacula-console 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 bacula-console using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bacula-console
How To Uninstall bacula-console on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the bacula-console package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bacula-console
Uninstall bacula-console And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bacula-console and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bacula-console
Remove bacula-console Configurations and Data
To remove bacula-console configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bacula-console
Remove bacula-console configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bacula-console configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bacula-console
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula-console package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
