How To Install bacula-fd on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula-fd on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is bacula-fd
bacula-fd is:
Bacula is a set of programs to manage backup, recovery, and verification of data across a network of computers of different kinds.
The file daemon has to be installed on the machine to be backed up. It is responsible for providing the file attributes and data when requested by the Director, and also for the file system-dependent part of restoration.
There are three methods to install bacula-fd 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-fd 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-fd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bacula-fd
Install bacula-fd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bacula-fd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bacula-fd
Install bacula-fd 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-fd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bacula-fd
How To Uninstall bacula-fd on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the bacula-fd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bacula-fd
Uninstall bacula-fd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bacula-fd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bacula-fd
Remove bacula-fd Configurations and Data
To remove bacula-fd configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bacula-fd
Remove bacula-fd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bacula-fd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bacula-fd
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula-fd package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
