How To Install rmlint on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install rmlint on CentOS 7. rmlint is Finds space waste and other broken things on your filesystem

Introduction

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

What is rmlint

Rmlint finds space waste and other broken things and offers to remove it. It is especially an extremely fast tool to remove duplicates from your filesystem.

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

Install rmlint on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install rmlint

Install rmlint 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 rmlint using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rmlint

How To Uninstall rmlint on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove rmlint

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Summary

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