How to check Bacula version

Question

How do I check the Bacula version? I installed Bacula using the apt-get install command on Ubuntu. I want to know the version I am using.

Answer 1

Run this:

apt-cache policy bacula

This will show you the version of bacula that is currently installed, as well as all versions of bacula available to you from all repositories in /etc/apt/sources.list.

Answer 2

Every Bacula command line tool (e.g., bconsole, bacula-dir) accepts the question mark flag (-?) as a way to print out the version (and information about the other flags). While there's no support for -v, typing in an invalid command like that will also show this same help message. You can also run bconsole alone to start up the console, which will also show the version (but then you have to exit it).

For your copy/pasting convenience:

bconsole -?