simplesnap command not found

Introduction

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

simplesnap: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: simplesnap: command not found

Solutions to simplesnap: command not found

How To Fix simplesnap: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu simplesnap is provided by simplesnap package.

simplesnap is:

simplesnap is a simple way to send ZFS snapshots across a net‐ work. Although it can serve many purposes, its primary goal is to manage backups from one ZFS filesystem to a backup filesystem also running ZFS, using incremental backups to minimize network traffic and disk usage.

simplesnap it is designed to perfectly compliment snapshotting tools, permitting rotating backups with arbitrary retention periods. It lets multiple machines back up a single target, lets one machine back up multiple targets, and keeps it all straight.

simplesnap is easy; there is no configuration file needed. One ZFS property is available to exclude datasets/filesystems. ZFS datasets are automatically discovered on machines being backed up.

simplesnap is robust in the face of interrupted transfers, and needs little help to keep running.

Unlike many similar tools, simplesnap does not require full root access to the machines being backed up. It runs only a small wrapper as root, and the wrapper has only three commands it implements.

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

sudo apt-get -y install simplesnap

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

You can also use apt command to install simplesnap.

sudo apt -y install simplesnap

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

sudo aptitude install simplesnap

Summary

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