How to Install and Uninstall restic Package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "restic" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install restic on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install restic

2. Uninstall "restic" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall restic on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia):

$ sudo apt remove restic $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the restic package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Package: restic
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.12.1-2ubuntu0.2
Built-Using: go-md2man-v2 (= 2.0.1+ds1-1), golang-1.18 (= 1.18.1-1ubuntu1.1), golang-bazil-fuse (= 0.0~git20160811.0.371fbbd-3), golang-blackfriday-v2 (= 2.1.0-1), golang-github-azure-azure-sdk-for-go (= 43.3.0-1), golang-github-azure-go-autorest (= 14.1.1-1), golang-github-cenkalti-backoff (= 4.1.0-2), golang-github-cespare-xxhash (= 2.1.1-2), golang-github-dgrijalva-jwt-go (= 3.2.0-3), golang-github-elithrar-simple-scrypt (= 1.3.0-1.1ubuntu1), golang-github-golang-groupcache (= 0.0~git20200121.8c9f03a-1), golang-github-google-uuid (= 1.3.0-1), golang-github-googleapis-gax-go (= 2.0.5-3), golang-github-hashicorp-golang-lru (= 0.5.4-2), golang-github-json-iterator-go (= 1.1.10-2), golang-github-juju-ratelimit (= 1.0.1-1.1), golang-github-klauspost-cpuid (= 2.0.6-2), golang-github-kr-fs (= 0.1.0-1), golang-github-kurin-blazer (= 0.4.4-1.1), golang-github-minio-md5-simd (= 1.1.2-3), golang-github-minio-minio-go-v7 (= 7.0.5-3), golang-github-minio-sha256-simd (= 0.1.1-1), golang-github-mitchellh-go-homedir (= 1.1.0-1), golang-github-modern-go-concurrent (= 1.0.3-1.1), golang-github-modern-go-reflect2 (= 1.0.2-1), golang-github-ncw-swift (= 1.0.52-1), golang-github-pkg-errors (= 0.9.1-2), golang-github-pkg-sftp (= 1.13.4-1), golang-github-pkg-xattr (= 0.4.2-1), golang-github-restic-chunker (= 0.4.0-2), golang-github-rs-xid (= 1.1-5), golang-github-satori-go.uuid (= 1.2.0-2), golang-github-spf13-cobra (= 1.3.0-1ubuntu0.2), golang-github-spf13-pflag (= 1.0.5-2), golang-go.crypto (= 1:0.0~git20211202.5770296-1), golang-go.opencensus (= 0.23.0-2), golang-golang-x-net (= 1:0.0+git20211209.491a49a+dfsg-1), golang-golang-x-oauth2 (= 0.0~git20211104.d3ed0bb-1), golang-golang-x-sync (= 0.0~git20210220.036812b-1), golang-golang-x-sys (= 0.0~git20211216.1d35b9e-1), golang-golang-x-term (= 0.0~git20210615.6886f2d-1), golang-golang-x-text (= 0.3.7-1ubuntu0.20.04.1), golang-google-api (= 0.61.0-1), golang-google-cloud (= 0.56.0-1), golang-google-genproto (= 0.0~git20200413.b5235f6-1), golang-google-grpc (= 1.29.1-0ubuntu1), golang-gopkg-ini.v1 (= 1.66.2-1), golang-gopkg-tomb.v2 (= 0.0~git20161208.d5d1b58-3), golang-goprotobuf (= 1.3.4-2ubuntu0.22.04.1), golang-siphash-dev (= 1.0.0-2), golang-yaml.v2 (= 2.4.0-2)
Priority: extra
Section: universe/misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Go Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 19813
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Recommends: fuse
Suggests: libjs-sphinxdoc (>= 4.3), sphinx-rtd-theme-common (>= 1.0.0+dfsg)
Filename: pool/universe/r/restic/restic_0.12.1-2ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb
Size: 6833806
MD5sum: 6c4d4ec315da22cec9394f6b1dfb14c2
SHA1: d249dfcbb207ffc997b6e28b935d3fbbcccef28b
SHA256: 0fc85da056472d7a73dfbf42d33e3afa1a6c9ecd1a85758e857d753f4fde4f4a
SHA512: 25edcc2cf6bfe26e51d10a8e208479342425a631454d61363d0fa9a0e80244acad5e7adbc2e58e128cbe7c2da0ac0458e15eee46313bed31bf1dd01af3fa5fb6
Homepage: https://github.com/restic/restic
Description: backup program with multiple revisions, encryption and more
Description-md5: 306158c67df1c70aca079d38e0afc1e3

Package: restic
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.12.1-2
Built-Using: go-md2man-v2 (= 2.0.0+ds-5), golang-1.17 (= 1.17-1ubuntu2), golang-bazil-fuse (= 0.0~git20160811.0.371fbbd-3), golang-blackfriday-v2 (= 2.0.1-3), golang-github-azure-azure-sdk-for-go (= 43.3.0-1), golang-github-azure-go-autorest (= 14.1.1-1), golang-github-cenkalti-backoff (= 4.1.0-2), golang-github-cespare-xxhash (= 2.1.1-2), golang-github-dgrijalva-jwt-go (= 3.2.0-3), golang-github-elithrar-simple-scrypt (= 1.3.0-1.1ubuntu1), golang-github-golang-groupcache (= 0.0~git20200121.8c9f03a-1), golang-github-google-uuid (= 1.2.0-1), golang-github-googleapis-gax-go (= 2.0.5-3), golang-github-hashicorp-golang-lru (= 0.5.4-2), golang-github-json-iterator-go (= 1.1.10-2), golang-github-juju-ratelimit (= 1.0.1-1.1), golang-github-klauspost-cpuid (= 2.0.6-2), golang-github-kr-fs (= 0.1.0-1), golang-github-kurin-blazer (= 0.4.4-1.1), golang-github-minio-md5-simd (= 1.1.2-3), golang-github-minio-minio-go-v7 (= 7.0.5-3), golang-github-minio-sha256-simd (= 0.1.1-1), golang-github-mitchellh-go-homedir (= 1.1.0-1), golang-github-modern-go-concurrent (= 1.0.3-1.1), golang-github-modern-go-reflect2 (= 1.0.1-1), golang-github-ncw-swift (= 1.0.52-1), golang-github-pkg-errors (= 0.9.1-2), golang-github-pkg-sftp (= 1.13.4-1), golang-github-pkg-xattr (= 0.4.2-1), golang-github-restic-chunker (= 0.4.0-2), golang-github-rs-xid (= 1.1-5), golang-github-satori-go.uuid (= 1.2.0-2), golang-github-shurcool-sanitized-anchor-name (= 1.0.0-2), golang-github-spf13-cobra (= 1.2.1-2), golang-github-spf13-pflag (= 1.0.5-2), golang-go.crypto (= 1:0.0~git20210817.32db794-1), golang-go.opencensus (= 0.23.0-2), golang-golang-x-net (= 1:0.0+git20210805.aaa1db6+dfsg-1), golang-golang-x-oauth2 (= 0.0~git20210819.2bc19b1-1), golang-golang-x-sync (= 0.0~git20210220.036812b-1), golang-golang-x-sys (= 0.0~git20210806.e5e7981-1), golang-golang-x-term (= 0.0~git20210615.6886f2d-1), golang-golang-x-text (= 0.3.6-1), golang-google-api (= 0.45.0-1), golang-google-cloud (= 0.56.0-1), golang-google-genproto (= 0.0~git20200413.b5235f6-1), golang-google-grpc (= 1.29.1-0ubuntu1), golang-gopkg-ini.v1 (= 1.57.0-1), golang-gopkg-tomb.v2 (= 0.0~git20161208.d5d1b58-3), golang-goprotobuf (= 1.3.4-2), golang-siphash-dev (= 1.0.0-2), golang-yaml.v2 (= 2.4.0-1)
Priority: extra
Section: universe/misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Go Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 19961
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Recommends: fuse
Suggests: libjs-sphinxdoc (>= 2.4.3-5~), sphinx-rtd-theme-common (>= 0.5.1+dfsg)
Filename: pool/universe/r/restic/restic_0.12.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 6622034
MD5sum: 9e4e410393a24f7bc54d1525e47ed58c
SHA1: b8a8148686a09790d472dabce75593260504e8f0
SHA256: 20ab2bf7277de9801ab95cc0072a61465e266511b2457561cacbb62ee513591a
SHA512: e73bb5825a9623bbe6038deaa06dfe247647999c91da0f0a88fcebefb0632722e49c69afba4b926d36265a234741a871b973cbe1a35dfde140d197f29bc68735
Homepage: https://github.com/restic/restic
Description: backup program with multiple revisions, encryption and more
Description-md5: 306158c67df1c70aca079d38e0afc1e3