How To Install fdupes on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fdupes on Debian 10.
What is fdupes
fdupes is:
FDupes uses md5sums and then a byte by byte comparison to find duplicate files within a set of directories. It has several useful options including recursion.
There are three methods to install fdupes on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fdupes Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fdupes using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fdupes
Install fdupes Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fdupes using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fdupes
Install fdupes 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 fdupes using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fdupes
How To Uninstall fdupes on Debian 10
To uninstall only the fdupes package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fdupes
Uninstall fdupes And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fdupes and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fdupes
Remove fdupes Configurations and Data
To remove fdupes configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fdupes
Remove fdupes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fdupes configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fdupes
Dependencies
fdupes have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fdupes package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.