Amanda (Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver) is an open-source backup and recovery software. It can come in handy for taking backups of important data and restoring it when needed. If you are using POP! OS latest and looking for a tutorial to install Amanda, look no further. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Amanda on POP! OS latest.
Before we start, make sure your system meets the following prerequisites:
Perform the following steps to install Amanda on POP! OS latest:
Open the terminal on your POP! OS latest system. The terminal can be accessed using the shortcut Ctrl+Alt+T.
Run the following command on the terminal to update packages list:
sudo apt-get update
Install Amanda package by running the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt-get install -y amanda-server amanda-client
This command will install both the Amanda server and client packages on your system.
Once the installation is complete, the Amanda server runs as a service on your system. You can check the status of the Amanda service by running the following command:
sudo systemctl status amanda
If the service is running, you will see an output like this:
● amanda.service - Amanda Backup Service
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/amanda.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Fri 2021-07-30 15:58:09 EDT; 18min ago
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Now, you can start using Amanda to create backups of your data.
That's it! You have successfully installed Amanda on your POP! OS latest system. You can now explore Amanda’s documentation to learn how to create backups and retrieve data.
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