How to Install and Uninstall rdiff-backup Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 05,2024

1. Install "rdiff-backup" package

Please follow the instructions below to install rdiff-backup on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                rdiff-backup
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "rdiff-backup" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall rdiff-backup on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                rdiff-backup
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the rdiff-backup package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: rdiff-backup
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 640
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Python Applications Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.8-7
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), librsync1 (>= 0.9.6), python2.7, python (>= 2.7.1-0ubuntu2), python (<< 2.8)
Recommends: python-pylibacl, python-pyxattr
Filename: pool/universe/r/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup_1.2.8-7_amd64.deb
Size: 176226
MD5sum: 926f06a35e8620dcc144d5fec384257a
SHA1: 6a78c8c2d16a5d9eda12b81740c0ff222823fa71
SHA256: 75e97b95b747b0067ab3cd484ca897a165d2c40ca16c1cb890a2d16b0388aff6
Description-en: remote incremental backup
rdiff-backup backs up one directory to another, possibly over a network. The
target directory ends up a copy of the source directory, but extra reverse
diffs are stored in a special subdirectory of that target directory, so you can
still recover files lost some time ago. The idea is to combine the best
features of a mirror and an incremental backup. rdiff-backup also preserves
subdirectories, hard links, dev files, permissions, uid/gid ownership,
modification times, extended attributes, acls, and resource forks.
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Also, rdiff-backup can operate in a bandwidth efficient manner over a pipe,
like rsync. Thus you can use rdiff-backup and ssh to securely back a hard drive
up to a remote location, and only the differences will be transmitted. Finally,
rdiff-backup is easy to use and settings have sensible defaults.
Description-md5: f0d05d9b77697c469e8b0b53030e2a32
Homepage: http://rdiff-backup.nongnu.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu