How To Install zfs-auto-snapshot on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zfs-auto-snapshot on Debian 12.
What is zfs-auto-snapshot
zfs-auto-snapshot is:
Automatically create, rotate, and destroy periodic ZFS snapshots. This is the utility that creates the @zfs-auto-snap_frequent, @zfs-auto-snap_hourly, @zfs-auto-snap_daily, @zfs-auto-snap_weekly, and @zfs-auto-snap_monthly snapshots if it is installed.
This program is a posixly correct bourne shell script. It depends only on the zfs utilities and cron, and can run in the dash shell.
There are three methods to install zfs-auto-snapshot on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install zfs-auto-snapshot Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zfs-auto-snapshot using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zfs-auto-snapshot
Install zfs-auto-snapshot Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zfs-auto-snapshot using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zfs-auto-snapshot
Install zfs-auto-snapshot 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 zfs-auto-snapshot using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zfs-auto-snapshot
How To Uninstall zfs-auto-snapshot on Debian 12
To uninstall only the zfs-auto-snapshot package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zfs-auto-snapshot
Uninstall zfs-auto-snapshot And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zfs-auto-snapshot and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zfs-auto-snapshot
Remove zfs-auto-snapshot Configurations and Data
To remove zfs-auto-snapshot configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zfs-auto-snapshot
Remove zfs-auto-snapshot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zfs-auto-snapshot configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zfs-auto-snapshot
Dependencies
zfs-auto-snapshot have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zfs-auto-snapshot package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
