How To Install rmlint on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install rmlint in Fedora 36. rmlint is Finds space waste and other broken things on your filesystem

Introduction

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

What is `rmlint`

Rmlint finds space waste and other broken things and offers to remove it. It is especially an extremely fast tool to remove duplicates from your filesystem.

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

Install rmlint 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 rmlint using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rmlint

Install rmlint 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 rmlint using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rmlint

How To Uninstall rmlint on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove rmlint

rmlint Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/rmlint
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce/37ae164fc4a0cd72f7c3b2ecbda6d60a8c4b28
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/Shredder-2.10.1.Ludicrous.Lemur-py3.10.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/__main__.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/__pycache__/__main__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/__pycache__/__main__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/__pycache__/about.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/__pycache__/about.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/__pycache__/application.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/__pycache__/application.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/__pycache__/chart.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/__pycache__/chart.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/__pycache__/cmdline.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/__pycache__/cmdline.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/__pycache__/logger.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/__pycache__/logger.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/__pycache__/query.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/__pycache__/query.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/__pycache__/runner.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/__pycache__/runner.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/__pycache__/tree.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/__pycache__/tree.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/__pycache__/util.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/__pycache__/util.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/__pycache__/window.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/__pycache__/window.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/about.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/application.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/chart.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/cmdline.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/logger.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/query.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/resources
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/resources/shredder.gresource
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/runner.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/tree.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/util.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/views
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/views/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/views/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/views/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/views/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/views/__pycache__/editor.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/views/__pycache__/editor.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/views/__pycache__/locations.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/views/__pycache__/locations.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/views/__pycache__/runner.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/views/__pycache__/runner.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/views/__pycache__/settings.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/views/__pycache__/settings.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/views/editor.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/views/locations.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/views/runner.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/views/settings.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/shredder/window.py
/usr/share/applications/shredder.desktop
/usr/share/doc/rmlint
/usr/share/doc/rmlint/README.rst
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.Shredder.gschema.xml
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/shredder.svg
/usr/share/licenses/rmlint
/usr/share/licenses/rmlint/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/rmlint.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/rmlint.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/rmlint.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/rmlint.1.gz

References

rmlint website

Summary

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