How to Install and Uninstall etckeeper Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: January 23,2025

1. Install "etckeeper" package

This is a short guide on how to install etckeeper on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall etckeeper on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                etckeeper
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the etckeeper package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: etckeeper
Architecture: all
Version: 1.18.5-1ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Antoine Beaupré
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 154
Depends: git (>= 1:1.7) | mercurial | bzr (>= 1.5~) | darcs, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, python:any (<< 2.8), python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
Recommends: cron-daemon
Suggests: sudo (>= 1.7.4p4)
Conflicts: bzr (<< 1.5~)
Filename: pool/main/e/etckeeper/etckeeper_1.18.5-1ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 28308
MD5sum: f65f9ea472d6472e49a27e428bbdafc6
SHA1: 9f2f36ed7bfabe707438ace7e7b1815fa5db81db
SHA256: 0a64a30d56e8405a61099761587a6447c0bae856292260353a39b27d2cf13118
Homepage: http://etckeeper.branchable.com/
Description: store /etc in git, mercurial, bzr or darcs
Description-md5: 95cb5b7044929ac8be07759fde67a217
Supported: 5y