How to Install and Uninstall backuppc Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "backuppc" package

This is a short guide on how to install backuppc on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall backuppc on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                backuppc
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the backuppc package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: backuppc
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.3.2-3
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian BackupPC Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2260
Depends: adduser, apache2 | httpd, apache2-utils, bzip2, default-mta | exim4 | mail-transport-agent, iputils-ping | inetutils-ping, libarchive-zip-perl, libcgi-pm-perl, libdigest-md5-perl, libio-compress-perl | libcompress-zlib-perl, libsocket6-perl, libtime-parsedate-perl, libwww-perl, lsb-base, ucf, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, perl:any, libc6 (>= 2.2.5)
Recommends: libfile-rsyncp-perl, libio-dirent-perl, openssh-client | ssh-client, rrdtool, rsync, samba-common-bin, smbclient
Suggests: certbot | acme-tiny | acmetool | dehydrated | lacme | lecm | lego, par2, w3m | www-browser
Filename: pool/main/b/backuppc/backuppc_3.3.2-3_amd64.deb
Size: 460340
MD5sum: eb7305692b6db20ccf30bfffe1793bcb
SHA1: d90457b698a1b2f8618d7e21a1e2ae4d1aef711c
SHA256: 2cec0fb99e7745900a55766f78729ad95aa167e877ca81dd861a8d90b4a6c371
SHA512: 414555bd37c2969241a4987370004957bf83d8858ba8ad47f72f2ffddcbf9216047fed22cd3036306a18f476d0b5eaf19ab90f81bcd9ce0918e27d8d6864d36f
Homepage: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Description-en: high-performance, enterprise-grade system for backing up PCs
BackupPC is disk based and not tape based. This particularity allows
features not found in any other backup solution:
* Clever pooling scheme minimizes disk storage and disk I/O.
Identical files across multiple backups of the same or different PC are
stored only once resulting in substantial savings in disk storage and disk
writes. Also known as "data deduplication".
* Optional compression provides additional reductions in storage.
CPU impact of compression is low since only new files (those not already
in the pool) need to be compressed.
* A powerful http/cgi user interface allows administrators to view log files,
configuration, current status and allows users to initiate and cancel
backups and browse and restore files from backups very quickly.
* No client-side software is needed. On WinXX the smb protocol is used.
On Linux or Unix clients, rsync or tar (over ssh/rsh/nfs) can be used
* Flexible restore options. Single files can be downloaded from any backup
directly from the CGI interface. Zip or Tar archives for selected files
or directories can also be downloaded from the CGI interface.
* BackupPC supports mobile environments where laptops are only intermittently
connected to the network and have dynamic IP addresses (DHCP).
* Flexible configuration parameters allow multiple backups to be performed
in parallel.
* and more to discover in the manual...
Description-md5: 9cf963981a203dec6d92fb3ac952296c