How to Install and Uninstall rdiff-backup.x86_64 Package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

Last updated: November 28,2024

1. Install "rdiff-backup.x86_64" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install rdiff-backup.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)


    
        
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                sudo dnf update
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "rdiff-backup.x86_64" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall rdiff-backup.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8):


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the rdiff-backup.x86_64 package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

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Available Packages
Name : rdiff-backup
Version : 2.2.6
Release : 3.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 543 k
Source : rdiff-backup-2.2.6-3.el8.src.rpm
Repository : epel
Summary : Convenient and transparent local/remote incremental mirror/backup
URL : https://rdiff-backup.net/
License : GPL-2.0-or-later
Description : rdiff-backup is a script, written in Python, that backs up one
: directory to another and is intended to be run periodically (nightly
: from cron for instance). The target directory ends up a copy of the
: source directory, but extra reverse diffs are stored in the target
: directory, so you can still recover files lost some time ago. The idea
: is to combine the best features of a mirror and an incremental
: backup. rdiff-backup can also operate in a bandwidth efficient manner
: over a pipe, like rsync. Thus you can use rdiff-backup and ssh to
: securely back a hard drive up to a remote location, and only the
: differences from the previous backup will be transmitted.