Information about the package, amanda-client, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The amanda-client package is designed for, The client component of the AMANDA tape backup system.
Package Name:
amanda-client
Summary:
The client component of the AMANDA tape backup system
Description:
The Amanda-client package should be installed on any machine that will be backed up by AMANDA (including the server if it also needs to be backed up). You will also need to install the amanda package on each AMANDA client machine.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.6.1p2
Release:
9.el6_6
Size:
203 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD and LGPLv2 and GPLv3+ and GPLv2
Control the amanda-client package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install amanda-client
This command will install amanda-client on the server.
yum remove amanda-client
This command will un-install amanda-client on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove amanda-client, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove amanda-client
This command will un-install amanda-client on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove amanda-client when using the -y flag.
yum update amanda-client
This command will update amanda-client to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove amanda-client, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update amanda-client
This command will update amanda-client to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove amanda-client when using the -y flag.
yum info amanda-client
This command will show you core information about the amanda-client package.
yum deplist amanda-client
This command will show you the dependencies for amanda-client. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update amanda-client
This command will check if there is an update waiting on amanda-client. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.