How to Install and Uninstall rsnapshot Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "rsnapshot" package

This is a short guide on how to install rsnapshot on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall rsnapshot on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                rsnapshot
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the rsnapshot package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: rsnapshot
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 442
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Guillaume Delacour
Architecture: all
Version: 1.4.2-1
Depends: perl, rsync, logrotate, liblchown-perl
Recommends: openssh-client | ssh-client
Filename: pool/universe/r/rsnapshot/rsnapshot_1.4.2-1_all.deb
Size: 118946
MD5sum: 7ec61674f383cd6c3284d4677aa3277a
SHA1: 367e3bd6fcaa796a4924c6b1312e0ba71df06e8e
SHA256: 525af5528155c75fd39e59bed195eaf22094266bd56c328be909fa6e43ccd60b
Description-en: local and remote filesystem snapshot utility
rsnapshot is an rsync-based filesystem snapshot utility. It can take
incremental backups of local and remote filesystems for any number of
machines. rsnapshot makes extensive use of hard links, so disk space is
only used when absolutely necessary.
Description-md5: 2b1db969c25bf5671e00e441a3e6a388
Homepage: http://www.rsnapshot.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu