Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula-console on CentOS 8.
What is bacula-console
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 command-line management console for the bacula backup system.
We can use yum or dnf to install bacula-console on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bacula-console.
Install bacula-console 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-console using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install bacula-console
Install bacula-console 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-console using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install bacula-console
How To Uninstall bacula-console on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the bacula-console package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove bacula-console
bacula-console Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/bacula/bconsole.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb/50c05e1cd1dbd4b5f281dce48f7ea45714dd96
/usr/lib/.build-id/db
/usr/lib/.build-id/db/b26441d40758fe81f73f500a792a5e98153f2a
/usr/sbin/bbconsjson
/usr/sbin/bconsole
/usr/share/man/man8/bconsole.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula-console on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
