How to Install and Uninstall fdupes Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "fdupes" package

This tutorial shows how to install fdupes on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall fdupes on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: fdupes
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 68
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Sandro Tosi
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.51-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/universe/f/fdupes/fdupes_1.51-1_amd64.deb
Size: 16754
MD5sum: 7a81f72c0d94beca6e3c08b25636e0a4
SHA1: 53694dbe7349e26e83de30d292835734957181c7
SHA256: 8aa0762d2bd2bb5b3c992dcfa79be71158b46165a683431e0bb9edc9da7020f1
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
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://code.google.com/p/fdupes/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu