How to Install and Uninstall snapper Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "snapper" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install snapper on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall snapper on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                snapper
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the snapper package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: snapper
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.8.15-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Hideki Yamane
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2155
Depends: libboost-thread1.74.0 (>= 1.74.0), libc6 (>= 2.17), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libjson-c5 (>= 0.15), libmount1 (>= 2.24.2), libsnapper5 (>= 0.8.15), libstdc++6 (>= 9), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Enhances: btrfs-progs
Filename: pool/universe/s/snapper/snapper_0.8.15-1_amd64.deb
Size: 403788
MD5sum: 831a3f4b0b57c12e58954877892df097
SHA1: 13fe9633a2834337d4df70a92299829dfe0d8b82
SHA256: 8353c30b586872ce4c06e0ebcecc0f5c760afa66a2e06811a271a20b8e3a026d
SHA512: c9279c239bc2b9e3fd09fd95128d9d6b6b8f3c742a10189fe1cd5d8adbd6f2f03c95d1980f003c624658c944442e4305a35c28fb8b710c5df12eb821ef3843f5
Homepage: http://snapper.io/
Description-en: Linux filesystem snapshot management tool
Snapper is a tool for Linux filesystem snapshot management. Apart from the
obvious creation and deletion of snapshots, it can compare snapshots and revert
differences between snapshots. In simple terms, this allows root and non-root
users to view older versions of files and revert changes.
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The features include:
* Manually create snapshots
* Automatically create snapshots, e.g. when using a package manager
* Automatically create timeline of snapshots
* Show and revert changes between snapshots
* Works with btrfs and thin-provisioned LVM volumes
* Supports Access Control Lists and Extended Attributes
* Automatic cleanup of old snapshots
* Command line interface
* D-Bus interface
* PAM module to create snapshots during login and logout (libpam-snapper)
Description-md5: 24bd8c205566cf532c10f95f37e5ae33