How To Install boxbackup-client on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install boxbackup-client
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is boxbackup-client
boxbackup-client is:
BoxBackup is an automatic on-line backup system. The client watches for changes on the local file system, connects to a BoxBackup server and sends the changes via a secure channel. All data is encrypted before being sent to the server. A command-line tool is provided for restoration of backups including deleted files and old versions.
There are three methods to install boxbackup-client
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 boxbackup-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 boxbackup-client
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install boxbackup-client
Install boxbackup-client Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install boxbackup-client
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install boxbackup-client
Install boxbackup-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 boxbackup-client
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install boxbackup-client
How To Uninstall boxbackup-client on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the boxbackup-client
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove boxbackup-client
Uninstall boxbackup-client And Its Dependencies
To uninstall boxbackup-client
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove boxbackup-client
Remove boxbackup-client Configurations and Data
To remove boxbackup-client
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge boxbackup-client
Remove boxbackup-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove boxbackup-client
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge boxbackup-client
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install boxbackup-client
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.