How To Install fslint on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fslint on CentOS 7.
What is fslint
FSlint is a utility to find redundant disk usage like duplicate files for example. It can be used to reclaim disk space and fix other problems like file naming issues and bad symlinks etc. It includes a GTK+ GUI as well as a command line interface.
We can use yum or dnf to install fslint on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fslint.
Install fslint on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install fslint using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install fslint
Install fslint 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 fslint using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install fslint
How To Uninstall fslint on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the fslint package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove fslint
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fslint on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
