How to Install and Uninstall amanda.x86_64 Package on Amazon Linux 2

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "amanda.x86_64" package

This guide let you learn how to install amanda.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2


    
        
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                sudo yum install
            
                        
                amanda.x86_64
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "amanda.x86_64" package

Learn how to uninstall amanda.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2:


    
        
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                sudo yum remove 
            
                        
                amanda.x86_64
            
                    
    
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                sudo yum autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the amanda.x86_64 package on Amazon Linux 2

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Available Packages
Name : amanda
Arch : x86_64
Version : 3.3.3
Release : 21.amzn2
Size : 127 k
Repo : amzn2-core/2/x86_64
Summary : A network-capable tape backup solution
URL : http://www.amanda.org
License : BSD and GPLv3+ and GPLv2+ and GPLv2
Description : AMANDA, the Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver, is
: a backup system that allows the administrator of a LAN to set up a
: single master backup server to back up multiple hosts to one or
: more tape drives or disk files. AMANDA uses native dump and/or
: GNU tar facilities and can back up a large number of workstations
: running multiple versions of Unix. Newer versions of AMANDA
: (including this version) can use SAMBA to back up Microsoft(TM)
: Windows95/NT hosts. The amanda package contains the core AMANDA
: programs and will need to be installed on both AMANDA clients and
: AMANDA servers. Note that you will have to install the
: amanda-client and/or amanda-server packages as well.