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Manual Uninstallation of Backup Client for Linux

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Manual Uninstallation of Backup Client for Linux

manual uninstallation of Backup Client for Linux

You can uninstall Acronis Backup Client by starting the installation package and selecting Install Backup Client and then Remove or by running /usr/lib/Acronis/BackupAndRecovery/uninstall/uninstall. Should this way not work, you can uninstall Backup Client manually for Linux.

Follow these steps to completely delete Backup Client from your system:

1. Remove all modules from dkms:

# dkms status
snapapi26, 0.7.46, 2.6.9-1.667, i686: installed

# dkms remove -m snapapi26 -v 0.7.46 –all

2. Remove all Acronis RPMs (ignore all messages about the non-presence of packages):

# su 
# rpm -v –rebuilddb –define=”_rpmlock_path /var/lock/rpm”
# rpm -e –allmatches –nodeps AcronisAgentLinux
# rpm -e –allmatches –nodeps BackupAndRecoveryAgent
# rpm -e –allmatches –nodeps snapapi26_modules
# rpm -e –allmatches –nodeps snapapi_modules
# rpm -e –allmatches –nodeps dkms

3. Remove all files and folders related to Acronis software:

# rm -Rf /etc/Acronis
# rm -Rf /var/lib/Acronis
# rm -Rf /usr/lib/Acronis
# rm -Rf ~/.Acronis
# rm -Rf /usr/src/snapapi*

 

You can refer this Guide to Linux Server Backup Using Rclone and Object Storage  if you are interested.

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