Amanda is an open-source backup and recovery tool that supports both local and remote backups. It can backup data to a variety of media, including tape drives, disks, and the cloud. Here's how to install Amanda on Arch Linux:
Before installing Amanda, make sure your Arch Linux system meets the following requirements:
Amanda is available on GitHub. To get the source code, you need to install Git. Use the following command to install Git:
sudo pacman -S git
Now that Git is installed, you can clone the Amanda repository using the following command:
sudo git clone https://github.com/zmanda/amanda.git
Amanda has a few dependencies that need to be installed. Use the following command to install these dependencies:
sudo pacman -S glib2 glibc glibc-locale glibc-extra flex bison readline xinetd perl-libwww perl-io-socket-ssl perl-digest-sha1 perl-digest-md5 perl-compress-zlib perl-term-readkey perl-unix-syslog perl-carp-assert-more perl-time-hires perl-data-dump
After cloning the Amanda repository and installing dependencies, you can build Amanda from the source code. Follow these steps to build Amanda from the source:
cd amanda/
sudo ./configure
sudo make
sudo make install
Now that Amanda is installed, you need to configure it. Amanda's configuration files are located in /etc/amanda/.
First, you need to create a new Amanda configuration file. Use the following command to create a new configuration file:
sudo cp /usr/local/lib/amanda/examples/amanda-client.conf /etc/amanda/client.conf
Next, edit the configuration file using your favorite text editor:
sudo nano /etc/amanda/client.conf
You'll need to edit certain sections of the configuration file to match your environment. Refer to the Amanda documentation to learn more about configuring Amanda.
Once you have configured Amanda, you can start it using the following command:
sudo systemctl start amanda.service
You can check the status of Amanda using the following command:
sudo systemctl status amanda.service
You should see a status message indicating that Amanda is running.
That's it! You now have Amanda installed and running on your Arch Linux system. With Amanda, you can configure backups to ensure that your data is safe and secure.
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