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

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "rsnapshot" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install rsnapshot on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall rsnapshot on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: rsnapshot
Version: 1.4.2-1
Installed-Size: 452
Maintainer: Guillaume Delacour
Architecture: all
Depends: perl, rsync, logrotate, liblchown-perl
Recommends: openssh-client | ssh-client
Description: local and remote filesystem snapshot utility
Description-md5: 2b1db969c25bf5671e00e441a3e6a388
Homepage: http://www.rsnapshot.org/
Tag: admin::backup, implemented-in::perl, implemented-in::shell,
role::program, use::storing, works-with::file
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/rsnapshot/rsnapshot_1.4.2-1_all.deb
Size: 130368
MD5sum: c59245553c1650df72039c44348347cf
SHA256: d49470c4700aba2b00187d6ff68781f869856ff1ef9aa98dcd73b672ffffa866