How to Install and Uninstall fdupes Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "fdupes" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install fdupes on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


    
        
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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 step by step instructions below to uninstall fdupes on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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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 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: fdupes
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:2.2.1-1
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: 96
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libpcre2-32-0 (>= 10.22), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Filename: pool/universe/f/fdupes/fdupes_2.2.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 38250
MD5sum: 444ba375b7bd97c349b6d124e67e2c63
SHA1: 6e880548670d9d0cd36ed4325ec1c4eb48e322ac
SHA256: 82aee95045dcafa7f1f53a7e665b3821e79b34e9a12ad925bdc85034a64b8594
SHA512: 74329aa474a6d62d752f03bcfdc47678856f53c184caca6af92b479487f122e508d11b15576db50dc76a76cb82561157ed374853871895c1f5f754dc13f4d80d
Homepage: https://github.com/adrianlopezroche/fdupes
Description: identifies duplicate files within given directories
Description-md5: d917c30aa3870e8a38071caa9a905475