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LQL

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Registered: 2025-09-30

Posts: 2

Snapper creat config error /sbin/chsnap not installed

Hello,
I am trying to create a Snapper Subvolume for Snapshots but when I try and create it

 sudo snapper -c root create-config /
Failed to set locale.
Creating config failed (/sbin/chsnap not installed). 

There is no /. snapshots/, the filesystem is ext4 and I tried reinstalling snapper.

Thanks for your time

ntb314

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Registered: 2025-02-13

Posts: 26

Re: Snapper creat config error /sbin/chsnap not installed

Hi,

That error usually means the snapper-support package isn't fully installed. On Arch, chsnap is provided by snapper-support, so try installing it:

 sudo pacman -S snapper-support 

Also, make sure your system is using a supported setup, Snapper works best with Btrfs. It can work with ext4, but afaik you’ll need to set it up manually since it won’t create /.snapshots automatically.

Hope that helped!

LQL

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Registered: 2025-09-30

Posts: 2

Re: Snapper creat config error /sbin/chsnap not installed

Thanks for your response, but that package does not exist. At least that is what I get as a respnonce form pacman.