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

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "zfsnap" package

This tutorial shows how to install zfsnap on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: zfsnap
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 80
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: John Goerzen
Architecture: all
Version: 1.11.1-3
Depends: zfs-fuse | zfsutils | zfs, bc
Filename: pool/universe/z/zfsnap/zfsnap_1.11.1-3_all.deb
Size: 15360
MD5sum: 33ac187271dabead0a13ba07fe86bdb7
SHA1: 76aa48d32a140ab07088dd54d46552d2eed9fce9
SHA256: 5c65b47e8e91e53840908cf2cb6e28205af3955d8868e0ef0a1e323066bb7fbf
Description-en: Automatic snapshot creation and removal for ZFS
zfSnap is a simple sh script to make rolling zfs snapshots with cron. The main
advantage of zfSnap is it's written in 100% pure /bin/sh so it doesn't require
any additional software to run.
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zfSnap keeps all information about snapshot in snapshot name.
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zfs snapshot names are in the format of Timestamp--TimeToLive.
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Timestamp includes the date and time when the snapshot was created and
TimeToLive (TTL) is the amount of time for the snapshot to stay alive before
it's ready for deletion.
Description-md5: 43c80483bf622b9e3c64221fe60f1f09
Homepage: https://github.com/graudeejs/zfSnap
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu