How To Install xdu on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023  (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 362 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xdu on Ubuntu.
What is xdu
xdu is:
XDU is a program for displaying a graphical tree of disk space utilization as reported by the UNIX utility “du”. You can navigate up and down in the tree, sort things, and print out information.
There are three methods to install xdu 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 xdu Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xdu using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xdu
Install xdu Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xdu using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xdu
Install xdu 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 xdu using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xdu
How To Uninstall xdu on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the xdu package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xdu
Uninstall xdu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xdu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xdu
Remove xdu Configurations and Data
To remove xdu configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xdu
Remove xdu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xdu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xdu
Dependencies
xdu have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xdu package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.