Complete Guide: Installing xtrabackup on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) 2024

1. Install "xtrabackup" package

Please follow the steps below to install xtrabackup 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 "xtrabackup" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall xtrabackup on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 xtrabackup package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: xtrabackup
Architecture: all
Version: 2.3.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
Priority: extra
Section: universe/oldlibs
Source: percona-xtrabackup
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian MySQL Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 56
Depends: percona-xtrabackup
Filename: pool/universe/p/percona-xtrabackup/xtrabackup_2.3.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.2_all.deb
Size: 11792
MD5sum: 0552b28dcab867fba74588080c5efdbb
SHA1: 0995b56f6434b8a9f51fc2145247f82252bc5266
SHA256: 47c2ef692c47104d0656f6063fc9194b8ba5e5ee303611502c8ac58d4cc86c7b
SHA512: 8ffad000ced6216875d57effb7347a3ea87f48d4c007463b71c5a88e1b43667913732dcd56d1d6c50712636cac728bad4583e826564707952c279940e1a37a9b
Homepage: http://www.percona.com/software/percona-xtrabackup
Description-en: Transitional package for percona-xtrabackup
In 2.2.x, the XtraBackup package name was rebranded to
percona-xtrabackup. This package is an empty dummy package
that depends on percona-xtrabackup, and replaces older versions of
xtrabackup (2.0.0). It is not intended to be installed manually.
Description-md5: 1d3aac1aba24a437e1297c9108f06414

Package: xtrabackup
Priority: extra
Section: universe/oldlibs
Installed-Size: 74
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian MySQL Maintainers
Architecture: all
Source: percona-xtrabackup
Version: 2.2.3-2.1build1
Depends: percona-xtrabackup
Filename: pool/universe/p/percona-xtrabackup/xtrabackup_2.2.3-2.1build1_all.deb
Size: 11836
MD5sum: 795d2c7de4e32a08cf0b17489d08885f
SHA1: 3f4aa7d2150e5e6995988a450975796c8a0d6519
SHA256: 8fe7e03ee3f072a4292977ed07a764a0f8d861a39d18a0edff3bdea47b6d676e
Description-en: Transitional package for percona-xtrabackup
In 2.2.x, the XtraBackup package name was rebranded to
percona-xtrabackup. This package is an empty dummy package
that depends on percona-xtrabackup, and replaces older versions of
xtrabackup (2.0.0). It is not intended to be installed manually.
Description-md5: 1d3aac1aba24a437e1297c9108f06414
Homepage: http://www.percona.com/software/percona-xtrabackup
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu