How to Install and Uninstall etckeeper Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 11,2024

You can also install and uninstall the etckeeper on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "etckeeper" package

Learn how to install etckeeper on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall etckeeper on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the etckeeper package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: etckeeper
Version: 1.18.20-1
Installed-Size: 164
Maintainer: Antoine Beaupré
Architecture: all
Depends: git | mercurial | brz | darcs, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Recommends: cron-daemon
Suggests: sudo
Description: store /etc in git, mercurial, brz or darcs
Description-md5: 2e917a7d908b47fce0b79ce02913ec8f
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_1.18.20-1_all.deb
Size: 43112
MD5sum: 48c0baf7d5f3cbe5eeca564a6a67bcaa
SHA256: dfc7aeab85a2e2edc6a7f06ba012c56b2148ef36d06cce44d4c86dbcecb30602