How To Install filelight on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install filelight on Debian 11.
What is filelight
filelight is:
Filelight allows you to understand your disk usage by graphically representing your filesystem as a set of concentric, segmented rings.
It is like a pie-chart, but the segments nest, allowing you to see both which directories take up all your space, and which directories and files inside those directories are the real culprits.
There are three methods to install filelight on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install filelight Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install filelight using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install filelight
Install filelight Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install filelight using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install filelight
Install filelight 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 filelight using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install filelight
How To Uninstall filelight on Debian 11
To uninstall only the filelight package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove filelight
Uninstall filelight And Its Dependencies
To uninstall filelight and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove filelight
Remove filelight Configurations and Data
To remove filelight configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge filelight
Remove filelight configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove filelight configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge filelight
Dependencies
filelight have the following dependencies:
- kio
- libc6
- libkf5completion5
- libkf5configcore5
- libkf5configwidgets5
- libkf5coreaddons5
- libkf5i18n5
- libkf5kiocore5
- libkf5kiogui5
- libkf5kiowidgets5
- libkf5service-bin
- libkf5service5
- libkf5widgetsaddons5
- libkf5xmlgui5
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5svg5
- libqt5widgets5
- libstdc++6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install filelight package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
