In order to install FSlint, open your Ubuntu Terminal through the Dash or by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T and enter the following command: $ sudo apt install fslintĮnter y when prompted with a y/n option in order to continue installation. FSlint – a GUI and Terminal based solution We are running the commands and steps described in this article on an Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) system. In this article, we will introduce you to two such applications named FSlint and fdupes that let you locate and delete redundant files from your system. However, Ubuntu supports many open-source applications that you can use to locate and delete any such files.
When we want to clear the clutter, it is a very burdensome task to manually look up for duplicate files and then delete them. If you are using your system for a while, these duplicate files may take a lot of space and create a large clutter. We often forget that many files with the same name might be existing on our system without us knowing the exact location. There are instances when we download a file to a location and then re-download and save it to some other location.
Sometimes our systems are loaded with the same files residing in different locations, eating up our memory resources.
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