Complete Guide: Installing flexbackup on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) 2024

1. Install "flexbackup" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install flexbackup on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "flexbackup" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall flexbackup on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


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

Package: flexbackup
Architecture: all
Version: 1.2.1-6.5
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Kurt B. Kaiser
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 243
Depends: perl:any, cpio | mt-st
Recommends: dump | star | pax | zip | sharutils | binutils | lzma (>= 4.43-2) | rsync | afio, buffer
Suggests: ssh, lha
Filename: pool/universe/f/flexbackup/flexbackup_1.2.1-6.5_all.deb
Size: 58400
MD5sum: 9493007b8b9a39ab0ff3bbd6fd140d84
SHA1: b2f54ec538506e7eb9430eef161c7f8a9d9f499f
SHA256: c0ea1f1c538091ab301ace3a528c8b4e48b2efff647c9840c476004a61289043
SHA512: 6a7cf74494891f9e488fc040ba68a3a663f7504999df063bfa856d8384362039ca5a4a8a920945465317132f904c7e715b98abffe9183dc22a13eeba8bb2b8b2
Homepage: http://www.edwinh.org/flexbackup/
Description-en: Flexible backup tool for small to medium sized installations
Flexbackup is a flexible backup tool that works well for small to medium
sized tasks for which solutions like amanda are overkill.
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It features:
* Easy configuration
* Uses afio, dump, GNU tar, cpio, star, pax, lha, or zip archivers
* Full and numbered levels of incremental backup (similar to "dump")
* Compression and buffering options for all backup types
* Handles remote filesystems with ssh/rsh; no special services required
* Writes to tapes, on-disk archive files, or on-disk directory trees
* Keeps a table of contents so you know what archives are on each tape
* Extensive logging options
Description-md5: 239b506297992aaa2bc5a1936e52a359