How To Install fslint on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fslint
on Debian 9.
What is fslint
fslint is:
FSlint is a toolkit to clean filesystem lint. It includes a GTK+ GUI as well as a command line interface and can be used to reclaim disk space. It has an interface for uninstalling packages, and it can find things like:
- Duplicate files
- Problematic filenames
- Temporary files
- Bad symlinks
- Empty directories
- Nonstripped binaries
There are three methods to install fslint
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fslint Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fslint
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fslint
Install fslint Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fslint
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fslint
Install fslint 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 fslint
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fslint
How To Uninstall fslint on Debian 9
To uninstall only the fslint
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fslint
Uninstall fslint And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fslint
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fslint
Remove fslint Configurations and Data
To remove fslint
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fslint
Remove fslint configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fslint
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fslint
Dependencies
fslint have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fslint
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.