How to Install bup software package in Debian 8 (Jessie)

How to Install bup software package in Debian 8 (Jessie)

bup software package provides highly efficient file backup system based on git, you can install in your Debian 8 (Jessie) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install bup 

bup is installed in your system.

Make ensure the bup package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep bup *

You will get with bup package name, version, architecture and description in a table

bup package basic information:

Distro Debian 8 jessie
Section Administration Utilities
Package bup
Version 0.25-1
Description highly efficient file backup system based on git
Sub Section Admin


See Also, How to uninstall or remove bup software package from Debian 8 (Jessie)?