How to Install and Uninstall etckeeper Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: February 02,2025

You can also install and uninstall the etckeeper on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "etckeeper" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install etckeeper on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall etckeeper on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: etckeeper
Architecture: all
Version: 1.18.16-1
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Antoine Beaupré
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 163
Depends: git | mercurial | brz | darcs, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, python3:any
Recommends: cron-daemon
Suggests: sudo
Filename: pool/main/e/etckeeper/etckeeper_1.18.16-1_all.deb
Size: 29560
MD5sum: 50fae855674e50034fa1f1bb799f01e5
SHA1: f442f53fa66247e1b0e1ce7d0107afe60f305d9d
SHA256: b6fa2ef0aa2d4d31873b64415f51d246153e20f2723f5d4a59badd1fa1b0d527
SHA512: 738b610a9c56ad11b643b9a21224015d3648bbfc0d20ee1ef32e445754de77b024999cfefb666733861f1ba72558fdaa4e9c5573bc68d4535f39a66c7bd71113
Homepage: https://etckeeper.branchable.com/
Description: store /etc in git, mercurial, brz or darcs
Description-md5: 2e917a7d908b47fce0b79ce02913ec8f