Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install BackupPC-XS on CentOS 8.
What is BackupPC-XS
BackupPC module. This module is required for BackupPC V4+.
We can use yum or dnf to install BackupPC-XS on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install BackupPC-XS.
Install BackupPC-XS on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install BackupPC-XS using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install BackupPC-XS
Install BackupPC-XS on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install BackupPC-XS using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install BackupPC-XS
How To Uninstall BackupPC-XS on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the BackupPC-XS package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove BackupPC-XS
BackupPC-XS Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9/64796145e23ed2c77353b2a67ad7cc7e5c378b
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/BackupPC
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/BackupPC/XS.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/BackupPC
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/BackupPC/XS
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/BackupPC/XS/XS.so
/usr/share/doc/BackupPC-XS
/usr/share/doc/BackupPC-XS/Changes
/usr/share/doc/BackupPC-XS/README
/usr/share/man/man3/BackupPC::XS.3pm.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install BackupPC-XS on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
