How To Install rmlint on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install rmlint on Kali Linux. rmlint is Extremely fast tool to remove filesystem lint

Introduction

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

What is rmlint

rmlint is:

rmlint finds 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).
  • Colourful progress bar.

There are three methods to install rmlint 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install rmlint

Install rmlint Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rmlint

Install rmlint 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 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rmlint

How To Uninstall rmlint on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove rmlint

Uninstall rmlint And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rmlint

Remove rmlint Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge rmlint

Remove rmlint configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rmlint

Dependencies

rmlint have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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