How To Install qdirstat on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qdirstat on Ubuntu.
What is qdirstat
qdirstat is:
QDirStat is a graphical application to show where your disk space has gone and to help you to clean it up.
QDirStat has a number of new features compared to KDirStat. To name a few:
- Multi-selection in both the tree and the treemap.
- Unlimited number of user-defined cleanup actions.
- Properly show errors of cleanup actions (and their output, if desired).
- File categories (MIME types) and their treemap color are now configurable.
- Exclude rules for directories are easily configurable.
- Desktop-agnostic; no longer relies on KDE or any other specific desktop.
There are three methods to install qdirstat on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install qdirstat Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install qdirstat using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qdirstat
Install qdirstat Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qdirstat using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qdirstat
Install qdirstat Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install qdirstat using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qdirstat
How To Uninstall qdirstat on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the qdirstat package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qdirstat
Uninstall qdirstat And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qdirstat and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qdirstat
Remove qdirstat Configurations and Data
To remove qdirstat configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qdirstat
Remove qdirstat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qdirstat configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qdirstat
Dependencies
qdirstat have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qdirstat package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.