How to Install and Uninstall backupninja Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "backupninja" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install backupninja on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                backupninja
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "backupninja" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall backupninja on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                backupninja
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the backupninja package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: backupninja
Architecture: all
Version: 1.1.0-2.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian backupninja maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 355
Depends: gawk | mawk, dialog, bash (>= 2.05b-26), bsd-mailx | mailx | mailutils
Suggests: bzip2, debconf-utils, duplicity, genisoimage, fdisk | util-linux (<< 2.29.2-3~), hwinfo, mdadm, rdiff-backup, rsync, subversion, trickle, wodim, borgbackup
Filename: pool/universe/b/backupninja/backupninja_1.1.0-2.1_all.deb
Size: 74188
MD5sum: 4f303743026b96eb8a47a38d6e43f8e5
SHA1: 9a15ae693f3b799b0c7ac136b4e3888424528688
SHA256: 0f9e86ff46dabd7da5dd032cd00fac5825c3e912e022dde22077f1ae407c32de
SHA512: 0eb0bc53813bf96c6e8c17d1effcd4cc4ae2e8025af9d512026e9eb9b869b2ee909477a794289729607c05cbd7ee393ef07148cdf621833ce2c8d80808d23f48
Homepage: https://0xacab.org/riseuplabs/backupninja
Description-en: lightweight, extensible meta-backup system
Backupninja lets you drop simple config files in /etc/backup.d to
coordinate system backups. Backupninja is a master of many arts,
including incremental remote filesystem backup, and MySQL backup.
By creating simple drop-in handler scripts, backupninja can learn new skills.
Backupninja is a silent flower blossom death strike to lost data.
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In addition to backing up regular files, Backupninja has handlers to ease
backing up: Maildir, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SVN, Trac, hardware and system
information, as well as the output from custom shell scripts.
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Backupninja currently supports common backup utilities, easing their
configuration, currently supported are: rdiff-backup, duplicity, rsync,
borgbackup and CD/DVD.
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Most handlers have their own dependencies/recommendations, shown in brackets
below:
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- dup [duplicity, trickle]
- rdiff [rdiff-backup]
- sys [debconf-utils, hwinfo, mdadm]
- makecd [genisoimage, wodim]
- rsync [rsync]
- svn [subversion]
- tar [bzip2]
- borg [borgbackup]
Description-md5: 84021f7af806dc704e208ac2b8b6c98a