How to Install and Uninstall apt-btrfs-snapshot Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "apt-btrfs-snapshot" package

Please follow the instructions below to install apt-btrfs-snapshot on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                apt-btrfs-snapshot
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "apt-btrfs-snapshot" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall apt-btrfs-snapshot on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                apt-btrfs-snapshot
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the apt-btrfs-snapshot package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: apt-btrfs-snapshot
Architecture: all
Version: 3.5.4
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Michael Vogt
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 38
Depends: python3:any, btrfs-progs
Filename: pool/universe/a/apt-btrfs-snapshot/apt-btrfs-snapshot_3.5.4_all.deb
Size: 6980
MD5sum: 7de77043ae059f9d96567400f5bac55b
SHA1: 994ba0818df4e8261c08f446afa43cff1c3ee094
SHA256: 543ad792fdf6bd8de8e240e8d1fb37986c2105945bb056b898d6635e93aaa091
SHA512: 665a0befda673a35948cccd375cf399ed9ef2efe761233f96d00f268d1ccd15fbfce5a850a5abb2af09b10c24a61abca82ad0776558d2f8272c6efbec13eb902
Description-en: Automatically create snapshot on apt operations
This will create a btrfs snapshot of the root filesystem each time
that apt installs/removes/upgrades a software package.
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A commandline tool called "apt-btrfs-snapshot" is also provided
for easy access create/list/delete snapshots.
Description-md5: 1f729d91bce55160b9173cebcb88cbf5