How to Install and Uninstall fdupes Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 10,2024

You can also install and uninstall the fdupes on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "fdupes" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install fdupes on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "fdupes" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall fdupes on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fdupes package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: fdupes
Version: 1:2.2.1-1
Installed-Size: 106
Maintainer: Sandro Tosi
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libpcre2-32-0 (>= 10.22), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Description: identifies duplicate files within given directories
Description-md5: d917c30aa3870e8a38071caa9a905475
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/adrianlopezroche/fdupes
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, uitoolkit::ncurses, use::checking, use::measuring,
use::searching, works-with::file
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/fdupes/fdupes_2.2.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 43260
MD5sum: faa98f9a7f84453c8426ac4e378a79cf
SHA256: 3dc7f599d2092ef776b10870f459bad2c96f66b79faaccdb41034a2996ebc377