How to Install and Uninstall fdupes Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "fdupes" package

This is a short guide on how to install fdupes on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Learn how to uninstall fdupes on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                fdupes
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fdupes package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: fdupes
Version: 1:2.1.2-1
Installed-Size: 106
Maintainer: Sandro Tosi
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), 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_2.1.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 42080
MD5sum: e0ed2c3d518d90313c653a3fe08f0aac
SHA256: 7b512bf7bf2cdb613144fdc72edcad5831cf7d258a5def8f5839b28a214931b6