How To Install bleachbit on CentOS 8
bleachbit is Remove sensitive data and free up disk space
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bleachbit on CentOS 8.
What is bleachbit
Delete traces of your computer activity and other junk files to free disk space and maintain privacy. With BleachBit, you can free cache, delete cookies, clear Internet history, shred temporary files, delete logs, and discard junk you didn’t know was there. Designed for Linux and Windows systems, it wipes clean thousands of applications including Firefox, Internet Explorer, Adobe Flash, Google Chrome, Opera, Safari, and many more. Beyond simply deleting files, BleachBit includes advanced features such as shredding files to prevent recovery, wiping free disk space to hide traces of files deleted by other applications, and cleaning Web browser profiles to make them run faster.
We can use yum or dnf to install bleachbit on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bleachbit.
Install bleachbit on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install bleachbit using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install bleachbit
Install bleachbit on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install bleachbit using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install bleachbit
How To Uninstall bleachbit on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the bleachbit package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove bleachbit
bleachbit Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/bleachbit
/usr/share/applications/org.bleachbit.BleachBit.desktop
/usr/share/bleachbit
/usr/share/bleachbit/Action.py
/usr/share/bleachbit/CLI.py
/usr/share/bleachbit/Chaff.py
/usr/share/bleachbit/Cleaner.py
/usr/share/bleachbit/CleanerML.py
/usr/share/bleachbit/Command.py
/usr/share/bleachbit/DeepScan.py
/usr/share/bleachbit/Diagnostic.py
/usr/share/bleachbit/FileUtilities.py
/usr/share/bleachbit/GUI.py
/usr/share/bleachbit/General.py
/usr/share/bleachbit/GuiBasic.py
/usr/share/bleachbit/GuiChaff.py
/usr/share/bleachbit/GuiPreferences.py
/usr/share/bleachbit/Log.py
/usr/share/bleachbit/Memory.py
/usr/share/bleachbit/Options.py
/usr/share/bleachbit/RecognizeCleanerML.py
/usr/share/bleachbit/Revision.py
/usr/share/bleachbit/Special.py
/usr/share/bleachbit/Unix.py
/usr/share/bleachbit/Update.py
/usr/share/bleachbit/Worker.py
/usr/share/bleachbit/__init__.py
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/Action.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/Action.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/CLI.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/CLI.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/Chaff.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/Chaff.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/Cleaner.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/Cleaner.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/CleanerML.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/CleanerML.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/Command.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/Command.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/DeepScan.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/DeepScan.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/Diagnostic.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/Diagnostic.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/FileUtilities.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/FileUtilities.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/GUI.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/GUI.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/General.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/General.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/GuiBasic.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/GuiBasic.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/GuiChaff.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/GuiChaff.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/GuiPreferences.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/GuiPreferences.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/Log.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/Log.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/Memory.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/Memory.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/Options.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/Options.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/RecognizeCleanerML.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/RecognizeCleanerML.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/Revision.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/Revision.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/Special.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/Special.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/Unix.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/Unix.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/Update.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/Update.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/Worker.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/Worker.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/_platform.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/__pycache__/_platform.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/_platform.py
/usr/share/bleachbit/app-menu.ui
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/adobe_reader.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/amsn.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/amule.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/apt.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/audacious.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/bash.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/beagle.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/chromium.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/d4x.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/deepscan.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/discord.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/dnf.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/easytag.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/elinks.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/emesene.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/epiphany.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/evolution.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/exaile.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/filezilla.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/firefox.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/flash.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/gedit.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/gftp.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/gimp.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/gl-117.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/gnome.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/google_chrome.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/google_earth.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/google_toolbar.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/gpodder.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/gwenview.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/hexchat.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/hippo_opensim_viewer.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/java.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/journald.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/kde.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/konqueror.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/libreoffice.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/liferea.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/links2.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/localizations.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/mc.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/miro.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/nautilus.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/nexuiz.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/octave.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/opera.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/palemoon.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/pidgin.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/realplayer.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/recoll.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/rhythmbox.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/screenlets.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/seamonkey.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/secondlife_viewer.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/skype.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/slack.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/sqlite3.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/thumbnails.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/thunderbird.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/transmission.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/tremulous.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/vim.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/vlc.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/vuze.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/warzone2100.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/waterfox.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/wine.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/winetricks.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/x11.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/xine.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/yum.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/zoom.xml
/usr/share/bleachbit/markovify
/usr/share/bleachbit/markovify/__init__.py
/usr/share/bleachbit/markovify/__pycache__
/usr/share/bleachbit/markovify/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/markovify/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/markovify/__pycache__/chain.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/markovify/__pycache__/chain.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/markovify/__pycache__/splitters.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/markovify/__pycache__/splitters.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/markovify/__pycache__/text.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/markovify/__pycache__/text.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/markovify/__pycache__/utils.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/markovify/__pycache__/utils.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/bleachbit/markovify/chain.py
/usr/share/bleachbit/markovify/splitters.py
/usr/share/bleachbit/markovify/text.py
/usr/share/bleachbit/markovify/utils.py
/usr/share/doc/bleachbit
/usr/share/doc/bleachbit/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/bleachbit
/usr/share/licenses/bleachbit/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/bleachbit.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/bleachbit.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/bleachbit.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/bleachbit.mo
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/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/bleachbit.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_AU/LC_MESSAGES/bleachbit.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/bleachbit.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/bleachbit.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/bleachbit.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/bleachbit.mo
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/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/bleachbit.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/bleachbit.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/bleachbit.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/bleachbit.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/bleachbit.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/bleachbit.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/bleachbit.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/bleachbit.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/bleachbit.mo
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/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/bleachbit.mo
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/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/bleachbit.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/bleachbit.mo
/usr/share/metainfo/org.bleachbit.BleachBit.metainfo.xml
/usr/share/pixmaps/bleachbit.png
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bleachbit on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
