How To Install libsnapper4 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsnapper4
on Debian 10.
What is libsnapper4
libsnapper4 is:
Snapper is a tool for Linux filesystem snapshot management. Apart from the obvious creation and deletion of snapshots, it can compare snapshots and revert differences between snapshots. In simple terms, this allows root and non-root users to view older versions of files and revert changes.
This package contains the runtime library for snapper, allowing the development of third-party tools.
There are three methods to install libsnapper4
on Debian 10. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libsnapper4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsnapper4
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsnapper4
Install libsnapper4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsnapper4
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsnapper4
Install libsnapper4 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libsnapper4
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsnapper4
How To Uninstall libsnapper4 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libsnapper4
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsnapper4
Uninstall libsnapper4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsnapper4
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsnapper4
Remove libsnapper4 Configurations and Data
To remove libsnapper4
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsnapper4
Remove libsnapper4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsnapper4
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsnapper4
Dependencies
libsnapper4 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsnapper4
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.