Complete Guide: Installing hardlink on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri) 2024

1. Install "hardlink" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install hardlink on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: hardlink
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.3.2build2
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 (>= 2.34), libpcre2-posix3 (>= 10.34)
Filename: pool/universe/h/hardlink/hardlink_0.3.2build2_amd64.deb
Size: 15086
MD5sum: 4880404ec8f7c4c00bc842bd64324b95
SHA1: 9ea9f3f62e6981bdfacf090858956c7cae75d0ca
SHA256: 3b868c461059f84d6e85f6044e82b0cdd3da2e2f29e0311ef07593ea4b280ca4
SHA512: 21578527bb3acf9271963fca537d30513c9302fdf28dddbdeb704a8bef89078e9ae3f1bdd152b7e8b891bb21a9d34e8ea7732bf175811d6c049bc1483eab0b5d
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