How To Install zfsnap on Debian 10

Learn how to install zfsnap on Debian 10 with this tutorial. zfsnap is Automatic snapshot creation and removal for ZFS

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install zfsnap on Debian 10.

What is zfsnap

zfsnap is:

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.

zfSnap keeps all information about snapshot in snapshot name.

zfs snapshot names are in the format of Timestamp–TimeToLive.

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.

There are three methods to install zfsnap 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 zfsnap Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install zfsnap using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install zfsnap

Install zfsnap Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install zfsnap using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install zfsnap

Install zfsnap 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 zfsnap using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install zfsnap

How To Uninstall zfsnap on Debian 10

To uninstall only the zfsnap package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove zfsnap

Uninstall zfsnap And Its Dependencies

To uninstall zfsnap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove zfsnap

Remove zfsnap Configurations and Data

To remove zfsnap configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge zfsnap

Remove zfsnap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove zfsnap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zfsnap

Dependencies

zfsnap have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install zfsnap package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.