How To Install mylvmbackup on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install mylvmbackup on Ubuntu 22.04. mylvmbackup is quickly creating backups of MySQL servers data files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mylvmbackup on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is mylvmbackup

mylvmbackup is:

To perform a backup, mylvmbackup obtains a read lock on all tables and flushes all server caches to disk, makes an LVM snapshot of the volume containing the MySQL data directory, and unlocks the tables again. The snapshot process takes only a small amount of time. When it is done, the server can continue normal operations, while the actual file backup proceeds.

There are three methods to install mylvmbackup on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install mylvmbackup Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mylvmbackup

Install mylvmbackup Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mylvmbackup

Install mylvmbackup 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 mylvmbackup using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mylvmbackup

How To Uninstall mylvmbackup on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove mylvmbackup

Uninstall mylvmbackup And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mylvmbackup and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mylvmbackup

Remove mylvmbackup Configurations and Data

To remove mylvmbackup configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mylvmbackup

Remove mylvmbackup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mylvmbackup

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mylvmbackup package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.