Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cdbackup on Kali Linux.
What is cdbackup
cdbackup is:
cdbackup and cdrestore are a pair of utilities designed to facilitate
streaming backup to and from CD-R(W) disks. Specifically, they were
designed to work with dump/restore, but tar/cpio/whatever you want should
work, so long as it writes to stdout for backups and reads from stdin for
restores.
There are three methods to install cdbackup on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install cdbackup Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install cdbackup using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cdbackupInstall cdbackup Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cdbackup using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cdbackupInstall cdbackup Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install cdbackup using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cdbackup
How To Uninstall cdbackup on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the cdbackup package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cdbackup
Uninstall cdbackup And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cdbackup and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cdbackup
Remove cdbackup Configurations and Data
To remove cdbackup configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cdbackup
Remove cdbackup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cdbackup configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cdbackup
Dependencies
cdbackup have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cdbackup package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
