How To Install xdiskusage on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xdiskusage on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is xdiskusage
xdiskusage is:
xdiskusage is a user-friendly program to show you what is using up all your disk space. It is based on the design of the “xdu” program written by Phillip C. Dykstra. Changes have been made so it runs “du” for you, and can display the free space left on the disk, and produce a PostScript version of the display.
There are three methods to install xdiskusage 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 xdiskusage Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xdiskusage using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xdiskusage
Install xdiskusage Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xdiskusage using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xdiskusage
Install xdiskusage 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 xdiskusage using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xdiskusage
How To Uninstall xdiskusage on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the xdiskusage package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xdiskusage
Uninstall xdiskusage And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xdiskusage and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xdiskusage
Remove xdiskusage Configurations and Data
To remove xdiskusage configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xdiskusage
Remove xdiskusage configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xdiskusage configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xdiskusage
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xdiskusage package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
