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

Last updated: May 08,2024

1. Install "simplesnap" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install simplesnap on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Learn how to uninstall simplesnap on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: simplesnap
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 68
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: John Goerzen
Architecture: all
Version: 1.0.3
Depends: zfs-fuse | zfsutils | zfs, liblockfile-bin
Suggests: zfsnap
Filename: pool/universe/s/simplesnap/simplesnap_1.0.3_all.deb
Size: 17016
MD5sum: 031526496ae2d33eb8e4c459b82099c8
SHA1: 6a6bd177e55c6e751cada93690017ebd2c5380c6
SHA256: 3bcd3a2d27aebd09239a33079a57933c26d13357b9cfe018f6852376ba88f214
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
Homepage: https://github.com/jgoerzen/simplesnap
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu