How To Install fdupes on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install fdupes in Fedora 36. fdupes is Finds duplicate files in a given set of directories

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fdupes on Fedora 36.

What is `fdupes`

FDUPES is a program for identifying duplicate files residing within specified directories.

We can use yum or dnf to install fdupes on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fdupes.

Install fdupes on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install fdupes using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fdupes

Install fdupes on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install fdupes using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fdupes

How To Uninstall fdupes on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the fdupes package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove fdupes

fdupes Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/fdupes
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9/f7e76e6a161664872e951768860cdb02f31d9f
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.fdupes
/usr/share/doc/fdupes
/usr/share/doc/fdupes/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/fdupes/README
/usr/share/licenses/fdupes
/usr/share/licenses/fdupes/CONTRIBUTORS
/usr/share/licenses/fdupes/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/fdupes.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/fdupes-help.7.gz

References

fdupes website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fdupes on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).