Ubuntu Cleaner (Linux cleaner)application removes the APT cache, thumbnail cache, unused packages, and old kernels. This application helps to free up disk space in the Ubuntu system. Ubuntu Cleaner is a free open source, simple, and easy-to-use Ubuntu cleaner application. It frees up disk space and gets rid of all private information from your system such as browser cache. This app will make your Ubuntu system fast and you will be very happy to work. This tutorial will show you ‘Step By Step Install Ubuntu Cleaner On Ubuntu and Free Up Some Space’.
Follow The Below Steps to Install Ubuntu Cleaner On Ubuntu To Free Up Some Space:
To install Ubuntu Cleaner on your Ubuntu and use the following PPA to install it as shown.
itsmarttricks@mangesh:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gerardpuig/ppa Official Ubuntu Cleaner stable repository More info: https://launchpad.net/~gerardpuig/+archive/ubuntu/ppa Press [ENTER] to continue or Ctrl-c to cancel adding it. Ign:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease Hit:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/deluge-team/ppa/ubuntu bionic InRelease Hit:3 http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian bionic InRelease Reading package lists... Done N: Skipping acquire of configured file 'contrib/binary-i386/Packages' as repository 'http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian bionic InRelease' N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default. N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
Now enter the following command for updating the Ubuntu repository.
itsmarttricks@mangesh:~$ sudo apt update Ign:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease Hit:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/deluge-team/ppa/ubuntu bionic InRelease Hit:3 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.95.83 80] Err:17 http://ppa.launchpad.net/soylent-tv/screenstudio/ubuntu bionic Release 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.95.83 80] Reading package lists... Done N: Skipping acquire of configured file 'contrib/binary-i386/Packages' as repository 'http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian bionic InRelease' N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default. N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
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Enter the following command for the Ubuntu Cleaner installation.
itsmarttricks@mangesh:~$ sudo apt install ubuntu-cleaner Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libatkmm-1.6-1v5 libbsd0:i386 libcairomm-1.0-1v5 libcrypto++6 python-twodict python-wxgtk3.0 python-wxversion qdbus qt-at-spi qtchooser qtcore4-l10n Need to get 1,692 kB of archives. After this operation, 7,386 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/gerardpuig/ppa/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 ubuntu-cleaner all 1.0.4-1 [63.0 kB] Get:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 python-apt amd64 1.6.2 [149 kB] Get:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 python-bs4 all 4.6.0-1 [67.9 kB] Fetched 1,692 kB in 3s (577 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package python-apt. Setting up python-lxml:amd64 (4.2.1-1) ... Processing triggers for dbus (1.12.2-1ubuntu1) ...
Now when you enter the above command, click on the following command to confirm that the Ubuntu Cleaner package has been successfully installed.
itsmarttricks@mangesh:~$ sudo dpkg -l ubuntu-cleaner Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-==============-============-============-================================= ii ubuntu-cleaner 1.0.4-1 all Keep your ubuntu system clean has
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To open and Update this application, enter ‘ubuntu-cleaner‘ in the terminal.
itsmarttricks@mangesh:~$ ubuntu-cleaner
Now you can see ‘Ubuntu cleaner application is open.
To open the Ubuntu Cleaner, search for ‘Ubuntu Cleaner‘ in the application.
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How To Uninstall Ubuntu Cleaner On Ubuntu ?
If you want to remove ubuntu Cleaner from your system, enter the following command.
itsmarttricks@mangesh:~$sudo apt remove ubuntu-cleaner && sudo apt autoremove
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