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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "rmlint" package

Please follow the guidance below to install rmlint on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Learn how to uninstall rmlint on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: rmlint
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.9.0-2.1
Multi-Arch: allowed
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Carlos Maddela
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 414
Depends: libblkid1 (>= 2.17.2), libc6 (>= 2.29), libelf1 (>= 0.131), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.55.1), libjson-glib-1.0-0 (>= 0.12.0)
Recommends: rmlint-gui (= 2.9.0-2.1)
Suggests: rmlint-doc (= 2.9.0-2.1)
Filename: pool/universe/r/rmlint/rmlint_2.9.0-2.1_amd64.deb
Size: 150388
MD5sum: 41ae6f589017d52965c7aa5514f048e7
SHA1: 42a55578ddadbecfb62c1ce18a66f73aa1b5e515
SHA256: 1480f1908d89f004dc7e5bc869d289f1b6f0a015979f009eb260358ec2404c17
SHA512: c0c1d549e0a9e8d7b9186ff7ce33410bb2c7697de1b88d6e962f97debe0d5ff7461bdd1490a1f76d18a693c3375c40768762c40501e5ca2669d13eeae6e85a45
Homepage: https://rmlint.readthedocs.io/
Description-en: 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: 5ac49a76d676161eaee0f5eede7d8a54