How to Install percona-xtrabackup software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install percona-xtrabackup software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

percona-xtrabackup software package provides Open source backup tool for InnoDB and XtraDB, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install percona-xtrabackup 

percona-xtrabackup is installed in your system.

Make ensure the percona-xtrabackup package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep percona-xtrabackup *

You will get with percona-xtrabackup package name, version, architecture and description in a table

percona-xtrabackup package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Databases
Package percona-xtrabackup
Version 2.1.8-1
Description Open source backup tool for InnoDB and XtraDB
Sub Section Database


See Also, How to uninstall or remove percona-xtrabackup software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?