Complete Guide: Installing hardlink on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) 2024

1. Install "hardlink" package

This is a short guide on how to install hardlink on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall hardlink on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                hardlink
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the hardlink package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: hardlink
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.3.2build1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Julian Andres Klode
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 47
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libpcre2-posix2 (>= 10.34)
Filename: pool/universe/h/hardlink/hardlink_0.3.2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 14248
MD5sum: 18bbc88d7d75d509b0410d8bd07183cb
SHA1: 12f186f843928baaed6a0463fef7f0363a963994
SHA256: e942e88fff568cc7b308f10b95d605a1d3ab4fa9b064e89a4fa90c198e450d3f
SHA512: 012a9a8e1e931767758fd957939f1e5f5a96606ccd91f6280e4bd984dd2e41f12873130f7788356213e98b285a01f286d552d152aa0dcb9cc35b9d906ac425cd
Homepage: http://jak-linux.org/projects/hardlink/
Description-en: Hardlinks multiple copies of the same file
Hardlink is a tool which detects multiple copies of the same file and replaces
them with hardlinks. Amongst other things, it can be used to merge identical,
duplicate files in backup trees and save space.
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The idea has been taken from http://code.google.com/p/hardlinkpy/, but the
code has been written from scratch and licensed under the MIT license.
Description-md5: e159cf7199737f4d85461ceb3e0d31d3