How To Install bacula-director-common on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula-director-common on Ubuntu 18.04. bacula-director-common is transitional package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula-director-common on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is bacula-director-common

bacula-director-common is:

This is a transitional package. It can safely be removed.

There are three methods to install bacula-director-common 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-director-common 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-director-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install bacula-director-common

Install bacula-director-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install bacula-director-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install bacula-director-common

Install bacula-director-common 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-director-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bacula-director-common

How To Uninstall bacula-director-common on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the bacula-director-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bacula-director-common

Uninstall bacula-director-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bacula-director-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bacula-director-common

Remove bacula-director-common Configurations and Data

To remove bacula-director-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bacula-director-common

Remove bacula-director-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove bacula-director-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bacula-director-common

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula-director-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.