Install Rmlint On A Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, Kali And MacOS

Install Rmlint On A Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, Kali And MacOS

rmlint

Extremely fast tool to remove filesystem lint

Maintainer: Carlos Maddela



Section: utils

Install rmlint

  • Debian apt-get install rmlint Click to copy
  • Ubuntu apt-get install rmlint Click to copy
  • Arch Linux pacman -S rmlint Click to copy
  • Kali Linux apt-get install rmlint Click to copy
  • macOS brew install rmlint Click to copy

rmlint

Extremely fast tool to remove filesystem lint

rmlint finds space waste and other broken things on your filesystem and offers to remove them. It is able to find: * Duplicate files & directories. * Non-stripped binaries. * Broken symlinks. * Empty files. * Recursive empty directories. * Files with broken user or group ID. Key Features: * Extremely fast. * Flexible and easy command-line options. * Choice of several hashes for hash-based duplicate detection. * Option for exact byte-by-byte comparison (only slightly slower). * Numerous output options. * Option to store time of last run; next time will only scan new files. * Many options for original selection/prioritisation. * Can handle very large file sets (millions of files). * Colourful progress bar.

To install the latest version of rmlint in your favorite operating system just copy the rmlint installation command from above and paste it into terminal. It will download and install the latest version of rmlint 2026 package in your OS.