How To Install dirvish on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dirvish on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is dirvish
dirvish is:
A utility to maintain multiple backups on online storage, each backup is available as a sort of snapshot directory, where common files are shared between the different backup generations. It uses rsync to do the actual copying.
Backups can be made locally or over the network (using ssh).
There are three methods to install dirvish 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 dirvish Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dirvish using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dirvish
Install dirvish Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dirvish using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dirvish
Install dirvish 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 dirvish using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dirvish
How To Uninstall dirvish on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the dirvish package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dirvish
Uninstall dirvish And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dirvish and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dirvish
Remove dirvish Configurations and Data
To remove dirvish configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dirvish
Remove dirvish configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dirvish configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dirvish
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dirvish package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
