How To Install sanoid on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sanoid on Kali Linux.

What is sanoid

sanoid is:

Sanoid is a policy-driven snapshot management and replication tool for ZFS filesystems.

More prosaically, you can use Sanoid to create, automatically thin, and monitor snapshots and pool health from a single eminently human-readable TOML config file. Sanoid also includes a replication tool, syncoid, which facilitates the asynchronous incremental replication of ZFS filesystems.

There are three methods to install sanoid on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install sanoid Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sanoid

Install sanoid Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sanoid

Install sanoid Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install sanoid

How To Uninstall sanoid on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove sanoid

Uninstall sanoid And Its Dependencies

To uninstall sanoid and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sanoid

Remove sanoid Configurations and Data

To remove sanoid configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sanoid

Remove sanoid configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sanoid

Dependencies

sanoid have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• sanoid website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sanoid package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.