How to Install and Uninstall rsnapshot Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "rsnapshot" package

This is a short guide on how to install rsnapshot on Kali Linux


    
        
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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 Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

Package: rsnapshot
Version: 1.4.5-2
Installed-Size: 461
Maintainer: Mark Hindley
Architecture: all
Depends: liblchown-perl, rsync, perl:any
Recommends: cron-daemon | anacron, logrotate, openssh-client | ssh-client
Size: 124220
SHA256: 240e71f8f89711e931ad52e792382312416f42c780c682ad9ba2d292ba8109ca
SHA1: c666c6e7af6955e90d8a3ca1c171be8b4c8d3b58
MD5sum: 82c88b451d1895715567ad38bea1fffa
Description: local and remote filesystem snapshot utility
rsnapshot is an rsync-based filesystem snapshot utility. It can take
incremental backups of local and remote filesystems for any number of
machines. rsnapshot makes extensive use of hard links, so disk space is
only used when absolutely necessary.
Description-md5:
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_1.4.5-2_all.deb