Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install automysqlbackup on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is automysqlbackup
automysqlbackup is:
automysqlbackup creates backup every day, week and month for all of your MySQL
database, to a configured folder. There’s nothing to do but to install this
package, and you’ll rest assured that you have a way to go back in the history
of your database.
This package may be unsafe if untrusted users may create databases and if no
check on the syntax of the name of them is performed.
There are three methods to install automysqlbackup 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 automysqlbackup Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install automysqlbackup using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install automysqlbackup
Install automysqlbackup Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install automysqlbackup using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install automysqlbackup
Install automysqlbackup 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 automysqlbackup using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install automysqlbackup
How To Uninstall automysqlbackup on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the automysqlbackup package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove automysqlbackup
Uninstall automysqlbackup And Its Dependencies
To uninstall automysqlbackup and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove automysqlbackup
Remove automysqlbackup Configurations and Data
To remove automysqlbackup configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge automysqlbackup
Remove automysqlbackup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove automysqlbackup configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge automysqlbackup
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install automysqlbackup package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
