apt-btrfs-snapshot command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix apt-btrfs-snapshot command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

apt-btrfs-snapshot: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: apt-btrfs-snapshot: command not found

In Ubuntu apt-btrfs-snapshot is provided by apt-btrfs-snapshot package.

apt-btrfs-snapshot is:

This will create a btrfs snapshot of the root filesystem each time that apt installs/removes/upgrades a software package.

A commandline tool called “apt-btrfs-snapshot” is also provided for easy access create/list/delete snapshots.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install apt-btrfs-snapshot

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install apt-btrfs-snapshot.

sudo apt -y install apt-btrfs-snapshot

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install apt-btrfs-snapshot

In this tutorial we learn how to fix apt-btrfs-snapshot command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.