How to Install UrBackup Server on Debian 9 Stretch

UrBackup is one of my favorite backup tool for Linux and Windows. It’s a powerful and rich features network backup solution. It comes with many critical features such as files backup and image backup. UrBackup use the server-client scheme for its backup. Today, we are going to learn how to install UrBackup Server on Debian 9 Stretch. If you are running OpenSUSE Leap, you can read how to install UrBackup on OpenSUSE Leap.

Steps to Install UrBackup Server on Debian 9

First, download the UrBackup Server DEB package from this link. Or you may use the following command to download.

cd /tmp
wget https://hndl.urbackup.org/Server/2.2.7/debian/stretch/urbackup-server_2.2.7_amd64.deb

Now lets install the package

su
dpkg -i urbackup-server_2.2.7_amd64.deb

In most cases, you will end up with the following error

root@debian:/home/dhani/Downloads# dpkg -i urbackup-server_2.2.7_amd64.deb 
Selecting previously unselected package urbackup-server.
(Reading database ... 194609 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack urbackup-server_2.2.7_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking urbackup-server (2.2.7.2131-1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of urbackup-server:
 urbackup-server depends on sqlite3; however:
 Package sqlite3 is not installed.
 urbackup-server depends on libcrypto++6; however:
 Package libcrypto++6 is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package urbackup-server (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for systemd (232-25+deb9u1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 urbackup-server

Execute this command to fix it.

apt-get -f install

During installation, you will be asked to provide the path where you will save your backups.

urbackup debian 9

Now, open web browser and type localhost:55414. You can now manage your UrBackup Server via this web interface.

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Thank you for reading this How To Install UrBackup on Debian 9 Stretch.

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