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

Last updated: May 06,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "rsnapshot" package

This guide let you learn how to install rsnapshot on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall rsnapshot on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 12 (Bookworm)

Package: rsnapshot
Version: 1.4.5-1
Installed-Size: 461
Maintainer: Mark Hindley
Architecture: all
Depends: liblchown-perl, rsync, perl:any
Recommends: cron-daemon | anacron, logrotate, openssh-client | ssh-client
Description: local and remote filesystem snapshot utility
Description-md5: 2b1db969c25bf5671e00e441a3e6a388
Homepage: https://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_1.4.5-1_all.deb
Size: 124132
MD5sum: ba7a3727625284815c5b0298ee2d1d52
SHA256: 2913d1b96ce474abc512dd3792a73405a65d0389d23b5d80208fb0a420e38394