How To Install fdupes on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fdupes on CentOS 7.
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 CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fdupes.
Install fdupes on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install fdupes using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install fdupes
Install fdupes on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install fdupes using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install fdupes
How To Uninstall fdupes on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the fdupes package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove fdupes
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fdupes on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.