Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula-client on CentOS 8.
What is bacula-client
Bacula is a set of programs that allow you to manage the backup, recovery, and verification of computer data across a network of different computers. It is based on a client/server architecture. This package contains the bacula client, the daemon running on the system to be backed up.
We can use yum or dnf to install bacula-client on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bacula-client.
Install bacula-client 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 bacula-client using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install bacula-client
Install bacula-client 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 bacula-client using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install bacula-client
How To Uninstall bacula-client on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the bacula-client package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove bacula-client
bacula-client Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/bacula/bacula-fd.conf
/etc/sysconfig/bacula-fd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f/2082e12a0c4f4b22a6fb40a005819320ad01fd
/usr/lib/.build-id/35
/usr/lib/.build-id/35/a06d6bff71896c3239dca4c73bf44c993982d5
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a/330e3b88275b4d4bf40a3e5ace3209a2a4794a
/usr/lib/systemd/system/bacula-fd.service
/usr/lib64/bacula/bpipe-fd.so
/usr/sbin/bacula-fd
/usr/sbin/bfdjson
/usr/share/man/man8/bacula-fd.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula-client on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
