How to Install and Uninstall zerofree Package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Last updated: January 23,2025

1. Install "zerofree" package

Learn how to install zerofree on openSuSE Tumbleweed


    
        
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                sudo zypper refresh
            
                    
    
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                sudo zypper install
            
                        
                zerofree
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "zerofree" package

Learn how to uninstall zerofree on openSuSE Tumbleweed:


    
        
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                sudo zypper remove
            
                        
                zerofree
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the zerofree package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Information for package zerofree:
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Repository : openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss
Name : zerofree
Version : 1.1.1-1.25
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 47.4 KiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : zerofree-1.1.1-1.25.src
Upstream URL : http://frippery.org/uml/
Summary : Utility for ext2,ext3,ext4 filesystems that zeroes out unallocated blocks
Description :
zerofree is a utility for ext2,ext3 and ext4 filesystems that
will scan the list of free blocks in a filesystem and fill with
zeroes any blocks that do not already contain zeroes.
This RPM also includes the sparsify utility, which will scan all
files in a filesystem and ensure that they are maximally sparse.