How to Install and Uninstall simplesnap Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 08,2024

1. Install "simplesnap" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install simplesnap on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "simplesnap" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall simplesnap on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: simplesnap
Architecture: all
Version: 1.0.4+nmu1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: John Goerzen
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 46
Depends: zfs-fuse | zfsutils-linux | zfsutils, liblockfile-bin
Suggests: zfsnap
Filename: pool/universe/s/simplesnap/simplesnap_1.0.4+nmu1_all.deb
Size: 17704
MD5sum: 0ec12adf6de8a0e0063fef92767513f0
SHA1: 19bf06d58963522046ae526e44e6236057880553
SHA256: 55909eeac91508745d42d288d603d20d110577786a1ab341f16a62342de33979
SHA512: d12b5f60c5c84d0f473286fcc1f8eb825b065561140920ac7d5e236105980f6b67e8035512491a7d229866d7155c40c499f6a8a87d9048f35a1509d6e30c733a
Homepage: https://github.com/jgoerzen/simplesnap
Description-en: Simple and powerful network transmission of ZFS snapshots
simplesnap is a simple way to send ZFS snapshots across a net‐
work. Although it can serve many purposes, its primary goal is
to manage backups from one ZFS filesystem to a backup filesystem
also running ZFS, using incremental backups to minimize network
traffic and disk usage.
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simplesnap it is designed to perfectly compliment
snapshotting tools, permitting rotating backups with arbitrary
retention periods. It lets multiple machines back up a single
target, lets one machine back up multiple targets, and keeps it
all straight.
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simplesnap is easy; there is no configuration file needed. One
ZFS property is available to exclude datasets/filesystems. ZFS
datasets are automatically discovered on machines being backed
up.
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simplesnap is robust in the face of interrupted
transfers, and needs little help to keep running.
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nlike many similar tools, simplesnap does not
require full root access to the machines being backed up. It
runs only a small wrapper as root, and the wrapper has only three
commands it implements.
Description-md5: 48596686d0f53726d6ccec3c14cf9e44