How To Install samefile on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install samefile on CentOS 7.
What is samefile
The samefile utility finds files with identical contents, independent of file name. This program is for you if you are notoriously low on disk space, keep exceeding your disk quota, pay for your storage by the megabyte, run any kind of file server, need to reduce the size of your backups, or just want to get a feeling for how much redundant files are there on your system.
We can use yum or dnf to install samefile on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install samefile.
Install samefile on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install samefile using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install samefile
Install samefile 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 samefile using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install samefile
How To Uninstall samefile on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the samefile package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove samefile
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install samefile on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
