# Do I need qpress for xtrabackup 24 on Ubuntu Focal **URL:** \ **Category:** Percona XtraBackup\ **Tags:** mysql, percona\ **Created:** [September 12, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/do-i-need-qpress-for-xtrabackup-24-on-ubuntu-focal/25132 "2023-09-12T20:50:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5daacb/32.png) [@Gabe](https://forums.percona.com/u/Gabe)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/do-i-need-qpress-for-xtrabackup-24-on-ubuntu-focal/25132/1 "2023-09-12T20:50:29Z")
Hi, I am migrating our CentOS 5.7 to Ubuntu 5.7. In Centos, we are using qpress with our xtrabackup. I installed percona-xtrabackup-24\_2.4.28-1.focal\_amd64.deb on our Ubuntu Focal. Do I need qpress? If so, where can I get it? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![matthewb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/matthewb/32/34_2.png) [@matthewb](https://forums.percona.com/u/matthewb)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/do-i-need-qpress-for-xtrabackup-24-on-ubuntu-focal/25132/2 "2023-09-12T21:36:49Z")
Hi @Gabe, Let’s get a few things straightened out. Firstly, there’s no such thing as CentOS 5.7, nor is there such a thing as Ubuntu 5.7. CentOS is currently on version 9 and Ubuntu is currently on 22.04. Now, what I’m assuming you are meaning is that you have MySQL 5.7 (which does exist!) on some version of CentOS and you want to migrate to Ubuntu Focal (20.04). The `qpress` utility is part of the xtrabackup-24 package. When you install PXB, qpress should get installed as well. One last note, is that MySQL 5.7 dies in less than 30 days, so I hope you are also looking at upgrading to MySQL 8 soon. _After_ you upgrade to MySQL 8, you will need to use xtrabackup-8 as well. ---
**Author:** ![Gabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5daacb/32.png) [@Gabe](https://forums.percona.com/u/Gabe)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/do-i-need-qpress-for-xtrabackup-24-on-ubuntu-focal/25132/3 "2023-09-13T13:17:30Z")
Hi Matthew, I am glad you were able to decipher my shorthand correctly. Thanks for the details. I’ll confirm that it was indeed installed with PXB. Gabe ---
**Author:** ![Gabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5daacb/32.png) [@Gabe](https://forums.percona.com/u/Gabe)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 1:39pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/do-i-need-qpress-for-xtrabackup-24-on-ubuntu-focal/25132/4 "2023-09-13T13:39:31Z")
Hi again, How can I confirm that qpress was installed? I do not see it in /usr/bin, and when I run “which qpress”, nothing is returned. I just ran xtrabackup to see if qpress was mentioned in the help. It was not, but the .qp extension was mentioned: xtrabackup | grep -i qp xtrabackup: recognized server arguments: --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --tmpdir=/var/lib/mysqltmp --server-id=40519 --log\_bin=/var/lib/mysqllogs/40519-bin-log --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --tmpdir=/var/lib/mysqltmp --server-id=40519 --log\_bin=/var/lib/mysqllogs/40519-bin-log xtrabackup: recognized client arguments: --user=root --password=\* xtrabackup version 2.4.28 based on MySQL server 5.7.40 Linux (x86\_64) (revision id: 44a8f7b) –decompress Decompresses all files with the .qp extension in a backup –remove-original Remove .qp and .xbcrypt files after decryption and As I mentioned prior, I installed this package: percona-xtrabackup-24\_2.4.28-1.focal\_amd64.deb This is the Ubuntu version: Distributor ID:Ubuntu Description:Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS Release:20.04 Codename:focal Thanks ---
**Author:** ![matthewb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/matthewb/32/34_2.png) [@matthewb](https://forums.percona.com/u/matthewb)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/do-i-need-qpress-for-xtrabackup-24-on-ubuntu-focal/25132/5 "2023-09-13T17:31:37Z")
```auto [root@19790e26a0f3 /]# percona-release enable tools * Enabling the Percona Tools repository <*> All done! [root@19790e26a0f3 /]# yum install qpress Loaded plugins: auto-update-debuginfo, fastestmirror, ovl Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: download.cf.centos.org * epel: ohioix.mm.fcix.net * epel-debuginfo: dl.fedoraproject.org * extras: download.cf.centos.org * updates: download.cf.centos.org tools-release-x86_64 | 2.9 kB 00:00:00 tools-release-x86_64/7/primary_db | 171 kB 00:00:00 Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package qpress.x86_64 0:11-3.el7 will be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ========================================================================================================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size ========================================================================================================================================================================== Installing: qpress x86_64 11-3.el7 tools-release-x86_64 32 k Transaction Summary ========================================================================================================================================================================== Install 1 Package Total download size: 32 k Installed size: 32 k Is this ok [y/d/N]: y Downloading packages: qpress-11-3.el7.x86_64.rpm | 32 kB 00:00:00 Running transaction check Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded Running transaction Installing : qpress-11-3.el7.x86_64 1/1 Verifying : qpress-11-3.el7.x86_64 1/1 Installed: qpress.x86_64 0:11-3.el7 Complete! ``` ---
**Author:** ![Gabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5daacb/32.png) [@Gabe](https://forums.percona.com/u/Gabe)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 8:44pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/do-i-need-qpress-for-xtrabackup-24-on-ubuntu-focal/25132/6 "2023-12-08T20:44:23Z")
Whoops - my mistake. I’ll try again