How to Install and Uninstall backupninja Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "backupninja" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install backupninja on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall backupninja on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: backupninja
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 347
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian backupninja maintainers
Architecture: all
Version: 1.0.1-2
Depends: gawk | mawk, dialog, bash (>= 2.05b-26), bsd-mailx | mailx | mailutils
Suggests: bzip2, debconf-utils, duplicity, genisoimage, hwinfo, mdadm, rdiff-backup, rsync, subversion, trickle, wodim
Filename: pool/universe/b/backupninja/backupninja_1.0.1-2_all.deb
Size: 88270
MD5sum: 2e2f4383085b6af234caaadfd6187d86
SHA1: a1deb3a44d75bf6f888b9917d30a10b46263bb27
SHA256: 55a1dec5486b01ca0b34b526eb38be6534a60737c620777164d3f2dd9df310a8
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
and CD/DVD.
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Most handlers have their own dependencies/recommendations, shown in brackets
bellow:
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- dup [duplicity, trickle]
- rdiff [rdiff-backup]
- sys [debconf-utils, hwinfo, mdadm]
- makecd [genisoimage, wodim]
- rsync [rsync]
- svn [subversion]
- tar [bzip2]
Description-md5: 3a0ff64143ea1e392b62513f910782ba
Homepage: https://labs.riseup.net/code/projects/show/backupninja
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu