How To Install kup-backup on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kup-backup on Ubuntu.

What is `kup-backup`

kup-backup is:

Kup is a backup tool for KDE’s Plasma desktop created for helping people to keep up-to-date backups of their personal files.

Features :

Incremental backup archive with the use of “bup”.
Synchronized folders with the use of “rsync”.
Support for local filesystem or external usb storage.
Monitor availibilty of backup destination.
Integration into KDE’s Plasma desktop.

There are three methods to install kup-backup on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install kup-backup Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install kup-backup using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kup-backup

Install kup-backup Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kup-backup using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kup-backup

Install kup-backup 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 kup-backup using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kup-backup

How To Uninstall kup-backup on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the kup-backup package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kup-backup

Uninstall kup-backup And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kup-backup and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kup-backup

Remove kup-backup Configurations and Data

To remove kup-backup configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kup-backup

Remove kup-backup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kup-backup configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kup-backup

Dependencies

kup-backup have the following dependencies:

References

kup-backup website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kup-backup package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.