How To Install rmlint-gui on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rmlint-gui on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 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 rmlint-gui using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rmlint-gui
How To Uninstall rmlint-gui on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rmlint-gui package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
