How To Install bacula-client on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula-client on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is bacula-client
bacula-client is:
Bacula is a set of programs to manage backup, recovery and verification of data across a network of computers of different kinds.
The Bacula Director service supervises all the backup, restore, verify and archive operations. It can run as a daemon or as a foreground service which administrators can use to schedule backups and recover files.
The package is a metapackage for client installations (file daemon and console only).
There are three methods to install bacula-client on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-client 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-client using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bacula-client
Install bacula-client Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bacula-client using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bacula-client
Install bacula-client 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-client using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bacula-client
How To Uninstall bacula-client on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the bacula-client package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bacula-client
Uninstall bacula-client And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bacula-client and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bacula-client
Remove bacula-client Configurations and Data
To remove bacula-client configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bacula-client
Remove bacula-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bacula-client configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bacula-client
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula-client package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
