How To Install snapper-gui on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install snapper-gui on Kali Linux.

What is snapper-gui

snapper-gui is:

Snapper-gui is a graphical user interface for the tool snapper for Linux filesystem snapshot management. 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

Currently works with btrfs, ext4 and thin-provisioned LVM volumes

There are three methods to install snapper-gui 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 snapper-gui Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install snapper-gui

Install snapper-gui Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install snapper-gui

Install snapper-gui 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 snapper-gui using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install snapper-gui

How To Uninstall snapper-gui on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the snapper-gui package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove snapper-gui

Uninstall snapper-gui And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove snapper-gui

Remove snapper-gui Configurations and Data

To remove snapper-gui configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge snapper-gui

Remove snapper-gui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge snapper-gui

Dependencies

snapper-gui have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• snapper-gui website

Summary

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