How To Install rmlint-gui on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install rmlint-gui on Kali Linux. rmlint-gui is GTK+ frontend to rmlint

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rmlint-gui on Kali Linux.

What is rmlint-gui

rmlint-gui is:

rmlint-gui (a.k.a. Shredder) is a graphical user interface to rmlint using GTK+. It uses rmlint to find space waste and other broken things on your filesystem and offers to remove them.

It is able to find:

  • Duplicate files & directories.
  • Non-stripped binaries.
  • Broken symlinks.
  • Empty files.
  • Recursive empty directories.
  • Files with broken user or group ID.

Key Features:

  • Extremely fast.
  • Flexible and easy command-line options.
  • Choice of several hashes for hash-based duplicate detection.
  • Option for exact byte-by-byte comparison (only slightly slower).
  • Numerous output options.
  • Option to store time of last run; next time will only scan new files.
  • Many options for original selection/prioritisation.
  • Can handle very large file sets (millions of files).

There are three methods to install rmlint-gui on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install rmlint-gui Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install rmlint-gui using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install rmlint-gui

Install rmlint-gui Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install rmlint-gui using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install rmlint-gui

Install rmlint-gui Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install rmlint-gui using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rmlint-gui

How To Uninstall rmlint-gui on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove rmlint-gui

Uninstall rmlint-gui And Its Dependencies

To uninstall rmlint-gui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rmlint-gui

Remove rmlint-gui Configurations and Data

To remove rmlint-gui configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rmlint-gui

Remove rmlint-gui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove rmlint-gui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rmlint-gui

Dependencies

rmlint-gui have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rmlint-gui package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.