How to Install and Uninstall restic Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "restic" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install restic on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall restic on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                restic
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the restic package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: restic
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.9.6+ds-2
Built-Using: go-md2man (= 1.0.10+ds-1), golang-1.12 (= 1.12.12-1ubuntu1), golang-bazil-fuse (= 0.0~git20160811.0.371fbbd-3), golang-blackfriday (= 1.5.2+git20190616.a925a15-1), golang-github-azure-azure-sdk-for-go (= 10.3.0~beta-1), golang-github-azure-go-autorest (= 10.15.5-1), golang-github-cenkalti-backoff (= 2.0.0-2), golang-github-dgrijalva-jwt-go (= 3.2.0-1), golang-github-elithrar-simple-scrypt (= 1.3.0-1), golang-github-hashicorp-golang-lru (= 0.5.0-1), golang-github-juju-ratelimit (= 1.0.1-1), golang-github-kr-fs (= 0.0~git20131111.0.2788f0d-2), golang-github-kurin-blazer (= 0.4.4-1), golang-github-mattn-go-isatty (= 0.0.8-2), golang-github-minio-minio-go (= 6.0.43-1), golang-github-minio-sha256-simd (= 0.0~git20171213.ad98a36-3), golang-github-mitchellh-go-homedir (= 1.1.0-1), golang-github-ncw-swift (= 1.0.47-2), golang-github-pkg-errors (= 0.8.1-1), golang-github-pkg-sftp (= 1.8.3-1), golang-github-pkg-xattr (= 0.4.0-1), golang-github-restic-chunker (= 0.2.0-1), golang-github-satori-go.uuid (= 1.2.0-2), golang-github-spf13-cobra (= 0.0.4-2), golang-github-spf13-pflag (= 1.0.3-1), golang-go.crypto (= 1:0.0~git20190701.4def268-2), golang-go.opencensus (= 0.22.0-1), golang-golang-x-net-dev (= 1:0.0+git20190811.74dc4d7+dfsg-1), golang-golang-x-oauth2 (= 0.0~git20190604.0f29369-2), golang-golang-x-sync (= 0.0~git20190423.1122301-1), golang-golang-x-sys (= 0.0~git20190726.fc99dfb-1ubuntu2), golang-google-api (= 0.7.0-2build4), golang-google-cloud (= 0.43.0-1build4), golang-google-genproto (= 0.0~git20190801.fa694d8-2build4), golang-google-grpc (= 1.22.1-1ubuntu1), golang-gopkg-ini.v1 (= 1.37.0-1), golang-gopkg-tomb.v2 (= 0.0~git20161208.d5d1b58-3), golang-goprotobuf (= 1.3.2-2), golang-x-text (= 0.3.2-1), golang-yaml.v2 (= 2.2.2-1)
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: 25113
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Recommends: fuse
Suggests: libjs-jquery, libjs-underscore
Filename: pool/universe/r/restic/restic_0.9.6+ds-2_amd64.deb
Size: 8523564
MD5sum: 2183ca70298644455ebb3f19c808d837
SHA1: cf48c4804638ee1ad4c0f683657c007358a5cc1c
SHA256: a895ebf4a225b1f9abdda7d416d185dc5b5195dcf78b0d5822cdfb8c4183503f
Homepage: https://github.com/restic/restic
Description: backup program with multiple revisions, encryption and more
Description-md5: 306158c67df1c70aca079d38e0afc1e3