How To Install hardlink on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hardlink
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is hardlink
hardlink is:
Hardlink is a tool which detects multiple copies of the same file and replaces them with hardlinks. Amongst other things, it can be used to merge identical, duplicate files in backup trees and save space.
The idea has been taken from http://code.google.com/p/hardlinkpy/, but the code has been written from scratch and licensed under the MIT license.
There are three methods to install hardlink
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install hardlink Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hardlink
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hardlink
Install hardlink Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hardlink
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hardlink
Install hardlink 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install hardlink
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hardlink
How To Uninstall hardlink on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the hardlink
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hardlink
Uninstall hardlink And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hardlink
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hardlink
Remove hardlink Configurations and Data
To remove hardlink
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hardlink
Remove hardlink configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hardlink
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hardlink
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hardlink
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.