How to Install and Uninstall fdupes Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "fdupes" package

This tutorial shows how to install fdupes on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall fdupes on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: fdupes
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:2.3.0-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Sandro Tosi
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 113
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libpcre2-32-0 (>= 10.22), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.7.14), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Filename: pool/universe/f/fdupes/fdupes_2.3.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 46302
MD5sum: 36953bb3e2eab2ac0ba54adc2910e114
SHA1: 12ff42b0677dc5def6119a9d3734e475df0bd207
SHA256: 3ccdce9caff034a95cc3defdc481d0752e406b170b5133a97d8130276103ae6e
SHA512: e9536cb3415634565559b8eb4f1fd130a94a950db79c48976719794ffcadf9c0701566457e87cdeedae87234abaf80a7c05f6219a35dd85ff24a9ee3bbedb117
Homepage: https://github.com/adrianlopezroche/fdupes
Description: identifies duplicate files within given directories
Description-md5: d917c30aa3870e8a38071caa9a905475