How To Install zsnapd-rcmd on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zsnapd-rcmd on Debian 12.
What is zsnapd-rcmd
zsnapd-rcmd is:
ZFS Snapshot Daemon is written in python, and it can remotely manage ZFS snapshotting and backup from a central back up server. This is the security plugin command for sshd that implements ForceCommand functionality, or the command functionality in the .ssh/authorized_keys file (See the sshd_config(8) and sshd(8) man pages respectively).
It executes commands from the SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND variable after checking them against a list of configured regular expressions.
There are three methods to install zsnapd-rcmd 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 zsnapd-rcmd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zsnapd-rcmd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zsnapd-rcmd
Install zsnapd-rcmd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zsnapd-rcmd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zsnapd-rcmd
Install zsnapd-rcmd 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 zsnapd-rcmd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zsnapd-rcmd
How To Uninstall zsnapd-rcmd on Debian 12
To uninstall only the zsnapd-rcmd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zsnapd-rcmd
Uninstall zsnapd-rcmd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zsnapd-rcmd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zsnapd-rcmd
Remove zsnapd-rcmd Configurations and Data
To remove zsnapd-rcmd configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zsnapd-rcmd
Remove zsnapd-rcmd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zsnapd-rcmd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zsnapd-rcmd
Dependencies
zsnapd-rcmd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zsnapd-rcmd package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
