How To Install dvbackup on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install dvbackup on Ubuntu 20.04. dvbackup is backup tool using MiniDV camcorders

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dvbackup on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is dvbackup

dvbackup is:

Dvbackup hides the data it receives on standard input in a perfectly legal DV (digital video) stream. This allows you to use your DV camcorder and your DV cartridges as a potent mass storage system. Obviously, your system and your camcorder have to be connected via IEEE1394 (aka Firewire, iLink).

Current digital camcorders can save approximately 13 GB of data on those tiny DV cartridges at a speed of 3.6 MB/sec. That’s faster than most DAT streamers which only work at 1 MB/sec or less. dvbackup can not use all of the data, but 10 GB should be good enough for everyone.

To bring the data on tape, you have to use an additional utility, called dvconnect, which is included in libdv-bin.

There are three methods to install dvbackup 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 dvbackup Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dvbackup

Install dvbackup Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dvbackup using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dvbackup

Install dvbackup 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 dvbackup using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dvbackup

How To Uninstall dvbackup on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the dvbackup package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dvbackup

Uninstall dvbackup And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dvbackup and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dvbackup

Remove dvbackup Configurations and Data

To remove dvbackup configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dvbackup

Remove dvbackup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dvbackup

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dvbackup package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.