How to Install DragonFly on Ubuntu Server Latest

DragonFly is a free, open-source, cross-platform data migration application developed by CoreCode. It allows you to easily move data from one location to another while keeping track of all changes made during the migration process.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to install DragonFly on Ubuntu Server latest version.

Prerequisites

• Ubuntu Server installed on your system
• Root access or sudo privileges on the server
• Internet connection

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

Before installing DragonFly, you need to install some required dependencies on your Ubuntu server. Open a terminal and run the following command:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential libtool automake autoconf zlib1g-dev libarchive-dev libbz2-dev liblzma-dev libsqlite3-dev libssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev

This will download and install all the necessary packages required to compile and install DragonFly on your system.

Step 2: Clone DragonFly Repository

Once you have installed the dependencies, you can proceed to clone the DragonFly repository from GitHub using the following command:

git clone https://github.com/corecode/dma.git

This will download the latest version of DragonFly in a directory named dma.

Step 3: Build and Install DragonFly

Now that you have downloaded the DragonFly repository, you can compile and install it using the following commands:

cd dma
./configure
make
sudo make install

This will configure, compile, and install DragonFly on your Ubuntu server.

Step 4: Verify DragonFly Installation

You can verify that DragonFly has been installed successfully by running the dma command in your terminal:

dma --version

This will print the DragonFly version installed on your system.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install DragonFly on Ubuntu Server latest version. Now you can use DragonFly to easily migrate data from one location to another.