How to Install and Uninstall etckeeper Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "etckeeper" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install etckeeper on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                etckeeper
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "etckeeper" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall etckeeper on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                etckeeper
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the etckeeper package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: etckeeper
Version: 1.18.10-1
Installed-Size: 158
Maintainer: Antoine Beaupré
Architecture: all
Depends: git (>= 1:1.7) | mercurial | bzr (>= 1.5~) | darcs, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, python:any (<< 2.8), python:any (>= 2.7~)
Recommends: cron-daemon
Suggests: sudo (>= 1.7.4p4)
Conflicts: bzr (<< 1.5~)
Description: store /etc in git, mercurial, bzr or darcs
Description-md5: 95cb5b7044929ac8be07759fde67a217
Homepage: https://etckeeper.branchable.com/
Tag: implemented-in::shell, role::program, scope::utility, use::configuring,
use::storing, use::synchronizing, works-with::vcs
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/e/etckeeper/etckeeper_1.18.10-1_all.deb
Size: 40072
MD5sum: 6b457d0623c2aedd6d96c1d1966942c4
SHA256: 2e129ebd178a6b4f021f700e0babefa62ea4cb2b17dffba440a135a59d8eda50