How To Install zbackup 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 zbackup on Ubuntu.
What is zbackup
zbackup is:
Uses a 64-bit modified Rabin-Karp rolling hash for data deduplication, and SHA256 for backup integrity check.
Also features LZMA compression & AES encryption.
There are three methods to install zbackup 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 zbackup Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zbackup using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zbackup
Install zbackup Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zbackup using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zbackup
Install zbackup 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 zbackup using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zbackup
How To Uninstall zbackup on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the zbackup package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zbackup
Uninstall zbackup And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zbackup and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zbackup
Remove zbackup Configurations and Data
To remove zbackup configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zbackup
Remove zbackup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zbackup configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zbackup
Dependencies
zbackup have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zbackup package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.