How To Install rdfind on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rdfind
on CentOS 7.
What is rdfind
Rdfind is a program that finds duplicate files. It is useful for compressing backup directories or just finding duplicate files. It compares files based on their content, NOT on their file names.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install rdfind
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rdfind.
Install rdfind on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install rdfind
using yum
by running the following command:
Install rdfind 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.
After updating yum database, We can install rdfind
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall rdfind on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the rdfind
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rdfind
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.