Installing fslint on Ubuntu 17.04 LTS
Example of installing fslint on Ubuntu 17.04 LTS using the command sudo apt-get install fslint.
Quick installation of fslint:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: fslint
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install fslint
Package Details | |
| Package: | fslint |
| Version: | 2.44-2ubuntu1 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | http://www.pixelbeat.org/fslint/ |
| Description: | Utility collection to find and fix common errors in file storage FSlint is a toolkit to clean filesystem lint. It includes a GTK+ GUI as well as a command line interface and can be used to reclaim disk space. It has an interface for uninstalling packages, and it can find things like: . - Duplicate files - Problematic filenames - Temporary files - Bad symlinks - Empty directories - Nonstripped binaries |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 17.04 |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | universe/admin |
How to install fslint on Ubuntu 17.04?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 17.04 on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If fslint is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L fslint' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L fslint dpkg-query: package 'fslint' is not installed Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$
Installing fslint:
After system update use the following command to install fslint:
sudo apt-get install fslint
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 17.04 Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove fslint from Ubuntu 17.04?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the fslint from Ubuntu 17.04. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the fslint following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove fslint
Following command is used to remove the fslint package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove fslint
This will remove fslint and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing fslint with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge fslint
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove fslint
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with fslint package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.