How to Install and Uninstall fdupes Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: July 05,2024

1. Install "fdupes" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install fdupes on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall fdupes on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: fdupes
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:2.1.1-1
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: 102
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libpcre2-32-0 (>= 10.22), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Filename: pool/universe/f/fdupes/fdupes_2.1.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 38268
MD5sum: 0456effccb4052ca642bbdde7c99707e
SHA1: 537f3e9541469d3c9a74f546199f3e99ad889c8a
SHA256: 6b2665eff6f0a1d3e0d98f07afcd5395b48489fe8c2164b57556bcafda91b54a
SHA512: fd8b6fb4c02da22c811c6ed5dc3cc35fa37963f1cb175b898bc14dfbd1631e13b14a39f87af85499b60e09661e03dca720fe1b65df7fb4c0d0aeb5d9c564988e
Homepage: https://github.com/adrianlopezroche/fdupes
Description-en: identifies duplicate files within given directories
FDupes uses md5sums and then a byte by byte comparison to find
duplicate files within a set of directories. It has several useful
options including recursion.
Description-md5: d917c30aa3870e8a38071caa9a905475