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

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "backuppc" package

This is a short guide on how to install backuppc on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Learn how to uninstall backuppc on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: backuppc
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.3.1-2ubuntu3.4
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ludovic Drolez
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2235
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5), perl, libdigest-md5-perl, libcompress-zlib-perl, libarchive-zip-perl, tar (>> 1.13), adduser (>= 3.9), dpkg (>= 1.15.7.2), apache2 | httpd, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, smbclient, samba-common-bin, bzip2, default-mta | mail-transport-agent, iputils-ping | inetutils-ping, ucf, libtime-parsedate-perl, libwww-perl, apache2-utils, libcgi-pm-perl (>= 4.26-1), libsocket6-perl
Recommends: rsync, libfile-rsyncp-perl (>= 0.68), openssh-client | ssh-client, rrdtool, libio-dirent-perl
Suggests: w3m | www-browser, par2
Conflicts: libfile-rsyncp-perl (<< 0.68)
Filename: pool/main/b/backuppc/backuppc_3.3.1-2ubuntu3.4_amd64.deb
Size: 449498
MD5sum: b2d133fa873d114f02f4aed373d9d3d5
SHA1: 95e262883ffd14495bd561353a77d5b183bc38ca
SHA256: 630def49a4eead51db7b2de0d6cb208198127a9b40dc9dbc90a7bc5ae17d5397
SHA512: f1d93f140f1fc20928474bf1fb72c553ab002f0b3a2b32489db99bfc9a62eb4c29af41331693ba2d4c6357241a7a952701584d1e86d2eb7660c72def4d3a9939
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
Supported: 5y

Package: backuppc
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 2233
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ludovic Drolez
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.3.1-2ubuntu3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5), perl, libdigest-md5-perl, libcompress-zlib-perl, libarchive-zip-perl, tar (>> 1.13), adduser (>= 3.9), dpkg (>= 1.15.7.2), apache2 | httpd, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, smbclient, samba-common-bin, bzip2, default-mta | mail-transport-agent, iputils-ping | inetutils-ping, ucf, libtime-parsedate-perl, libwww-perl, apache2-utils, libcgi-pm-perl, libsocket6-perl
Recommends: rsync, libfile-rsyncp-perl (>= 0.68), openssh-client | ssh-client, rrdtool, libio-dirent-perl
Suggests: w3m | www-browser, par2
Conflicts: libfile-rsyncp-perl (<< 0.68)
Filename: pool/main/b/backuppc/backuppc_3.3.1-2ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 449076
MD5sum: 32aa237ac25c9a820fb60cfb00a8b50d
SHA1: e8a25c466b9582da62a38153a4a662bf7526968b
SHA256: 78d5bf939315698a75b38702023f1c1550cbc53355637b64ba08a2a4c4e3e579
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
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y