How To Install k4dirstat on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install k4dirstat on CentOS 7. k4dirstat is Graphical Directory Statistics for Used Disk Space

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install k4dirstat on CentOS 7.

What is k4dirstat

KDirStat (KDE Directory Statistics) is a utility program that sums up disk usage for directory trees - very much like the Unix ‘du’ command. It can also help you clean up used space. K4DirStat is the port to KDE4.

We can use yum or dnf to install k4dirstat on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install k4dirstat.

Install k4dirstat on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install k4dirstat using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install k4dirstat

Install k4dirstat 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 k4dirstat using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install k4dirstat

How To Uninstall k4dirstat on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the k4dirstat package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove k4dirstat

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install k4dirstat on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.