How to Install and Uninstall rmlint Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "rmlint" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install rmlint on Kali Linux


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall rmlint on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                rmlint
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the rmlint package on Kali Linux

Package: rmlint
Version: 2.9.0-2.5
Installed-Size: 417
Maintainer: Carlos Maddela
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libblkid1 (>= 2.17.2), libc6 (>= 2.34), libelf1 (>= 0.131), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.75.3), libjson-glib-1.0-0 (>= 1.5.2)
Recommends: rmlint-gui (= 2.9.0-2.5)
Suggests: rmlint-doc (= 2.9.0-2.5)
Size: 160404
SHA256: 3bb1f006845496d8b90e2e5c863f9aead3c914643e8e46f1003ee2a7def02587
SHA1: 4258d0ec5cc6ad4c24c9a0dd2115ddb5680db62e
MD5sum: df1371c924556249b2106c159a176874
Description: Extremely fast tool to remove filesystem lint
rmlint finds space waste and other broken things on your filesystem
and offers to remove them.
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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.
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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.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: allowed
Homepage: https://rmlint.readthedocs.io/
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/rmlint/rmlint_2.9.0-2.5_amd64.deb