How To Install dupeguru on Debian 12

Learn how to install dupeguru on Debian 12 with this tutorial. dupeguru is GUI tool to find duplicate files in a system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dupeguru on Debian 12.

What is `dupeguru`

dupeguru is:

dupeGuru is a tool to find duplicate files on your computer.

It can scan either filenames or contents. The filename scan features a fuzzy matching algorithm that can find duplicate filenames even when they are not exactly the same.

dupeGuru is customizable: you can tweak its matching engine to find exactly the kind of duplicates you want to find.

There are three methods to install dupeguru on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install dupeguru Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install dupeguru using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dupeguru

Install dupeguru Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dupeguru using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dupeguru

Install dupeguru 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 dupeguru using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dupeguru

How To Uninstall dupeguru on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove dupeguru

Uninstall dupeguru And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dupeguru and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dupeguru

Remove dupeguru Configurations and Data

To remove dupeguru configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dupeguru

Remove dupeguru configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove dupeguru configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dupeguru

Dependencies

dupeguru have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dupeguru package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.