How to Install and Uninstall s3backer Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "s3backer" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install s3backer on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                s3backer
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "s3backer" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall s3backer on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                s3backer
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the s3backer package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: s3backer
Priority: extra
Section: universe/misc
Installed-Size: 143
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Lennart Weller
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.4.2-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libcurl3 (>= 7.16.2), libexpat1 (>= 2.0.1), libfuse2 (>= 2.8), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0)
Filename: pool/universe/s/s3backer/s3backer_1.4.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 62652
MD5sum: 204323a62ab5976961540184e920c4b1
SHA1: 920e9f0ec760bd4de96691e5ccc230a7cce2cee0
SHA256: 3df90428685d8adc1c51ed425c514daca37d4c675e422f37f7e787aa8165d97e
Description-en: Amazon AWS S3-backed virtual hard disk device
s3backer is a filesystem that contains a single file backed by the Amazon
Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). The blocks of the file are stored
as S3 objects. This way s3backer acts a virtual hard disk device.
Description-md5: 7998e2ac898c9db1fcca96d3a93fc9bc
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/archiecobbs/s3backer
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu