# Install percona-xtrabackup with Homebrew, apt, pacman

Open source hot backup tool for InnoDB and XtraDB databases. Version 8.4.0-6 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-12. Also installable with ubuntu: sudo apt install percona-xtrabackup.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:percona-xtrabackup
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install percona-xtrabackup
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Ubuntu apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install percona-xtrabackup
```

  Evidence: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: percona-xtrabackup from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S xtrabackup
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: xtrabackup from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:percona-xtrabackup
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 8.4.0-6
- **Source summary:** Open source hot backup tool for InnoDB and XtraDB databases
- **Homepage:** <https://www.percona.com/software/mysql-database/percona-xtrabackup>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-12T15:27:35Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- xbcloud (alias)
- xbcloud_osenv (alias)
- xbcrypt (alias)
- xbstream (alias)
- xtrabackup (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 8.4.0-6

## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: /etc/my.cnf, /etc/mysql/my.cnf, /usr/etc/my.cnf, ~/.my.cnf

## Credential files

- Unix: ~/.my.cnf
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Ubuntu apt - percona-xtrabackup - 8.0.35-30-0ubuntu5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: percona-xtrabackup from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Open source backup tool for InnoDB and XtraDB | http://www.percona.com/software/percona-xtrabackup
- pacman - xtrabackup - 8.4.0_6-1: installed executable or alias match | Arch Linux sync databases: xtrabackup from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Non-blocking backup tool for MySQL | https://www.percona.com/software/mysql-database/percona-xtrabackup


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/percona-xtrabackup.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/percona-xtrabackup.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph