News, Tutorials, Howtos for Ubuntu Linux
After 2 alpha and 1 beta releases, BleachBit system cleaner finally released the new major 5.0.0 version few days ago.
Compare to the last stable v4.6.2, the new release of this free open-source disk space cleaner added ability to clean caches for more applications, fixed various bugs, and improved stability significantly.
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BleachBit, the popular free open-source system cleaner application, released new 4.9.2 development version few days ago.
After 2 alpha releases, BleachBit 4.9.2 is marked as Beta and final release before the next major 5.0.0.
Bleachbit, the popular system cleaner app, announced new major 4.6.0 release this Sunday!
It’s been almost 2 years since the last stable v4.4.2. While, version 4.5.x is there for beta testing purpose.
Compare to the latest stable release, the new Bleachbit 4.6.0 features:
Shred with Bleachbit context menu for KDE
The release also has various other changes and bug-fixes. When cleaning Firefox, it does no longer show “no such table” error. And, it fixed admin mode launching issue when working on Linux with Wayland session. Other changes include:
BleachBit 4.6 can clean Firefox Snap in Ubuntu
The software provides official .rpm packages for CentOS, Fedora, and openSUSE, as well as .deb packages for Debian, Ubuntu and Linux Mint.
They are available to download at the link below:
Tips: for Linux Mint 21, click download the package for Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish. In case you don’t even know which Linux Distribution version is running, open terminal (press Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command cat /etc/os-release to tell.
Once you got the .deb package, either click open with “Software Install”, or open with “Gdebi package installer” if you have it installed.
Install Bleachbit .deb via Software Install
Or, right-click on blank area in your Downloads folder, and select “Open in Terminal”. Finally, run the command below to install it:
sudo apt install ./bleachbit_4.6.0*.deb
Once installed, search for and launch the tool from either start/applications menu or ‘Activities’ overview depends on your desktop environment.
To remove Bleachbit 4.6.0 in Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and their based systems, simply open terminal and run command:
sudo apt remove --autoremove bleachbit
BleachBit, the popular free open-source system cleaner application, updates recently with many new features.
It’s BleachBit 4.5.1, the beta development release series for the next major 4.6 version. The new release adds new applications support, including cleaning caches for GIMP, FileZilla, and Microsoft Edge.
As Flatpak and Snap apps are getting more and more popular today, the release also adds support for Firefox as Snap (pre-installed in Ubuntu), Thunderbird and Google Chrome installed as Flatpak.
BleachBit clean Firefox Snap in Ubuntu
For KDE user, it can now clean recent documents. And, in Preferences dialog, user can enable “shred with bleachbit” context menu option for KDE Dolphin file manager.
The release also has various bug-fixes. When cleaning Firefox, it does no longer show “no such table” error. And, it fixed admin mode launching issue when working on Linux with Wayland session. For more, see the release note.
BleachBit 4.5.1 refreshed the installers for newer Linux Distros, making it easy to install in Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 23.04, Ubuntu 23.10, Debian 11/12, and Fedora 37/38. While the old Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04, Debian 10 are also supported!
Just go to the official download page via the link below:
For Ubuntu user, select download the proper .deb package. Then, right-click on your Downloads folder and click “Open in Terminal“. Finally, install it by running the command below in pop-up terminal window:
sudo apt install ./bleachbit_4.5.*_all_*.deb
BleachBit is also available to install as Flatpak package, though it’s not verified (meaning unofficial).
To install the Flatpak package in Ubuntu, just open terminal and run 2 commands below one by one:
sudo apt install flatpak
flatpak install https://dl.flathub.org/repo/appstream/org.bleachbit.BleachBit.flatpakref
After installing the tool, launch it from either start/applications menu or the Gnome overview screen depends on your Desktop environment, and enjoy!
For the application installed through .deb package, simply open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to uninstall it:
sudo apt remove --autoremove bleachbit
While the Flatpak package can be removed by running command:
flatpak uninstall --delete-data org.bleachbit.BleachBit
And, you may also run flatpak uninstall --unused to free up some more disk space by removing useless run-time libraries.
BleachBit 4.1.1 was released a day ago as the new Beta release for the next major 4.2.0 release.
Compare to the previous beta, BleachBit 4.1.1 brings support for cleaning Slack (messenger), and Chromium installed via Snap package.
BleachBit 4.1.1 changes since the latest stable release:
The deb packages for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, as well as packages for Debian, CentOS, Fedora, Windows, and source code are available to download at the link below:
There will soon be a package for Ubuntu 20.10 Groovy Gorilla. Until then, use the 20.04 deb package.
Grab the .deb package for your Ubuntu edition, open & install file with either ‘Software Install’ or ‘Gdebi package installer’ if installed.
System cleaning software BleachBit 4.1.0 was released a few days ago with support for cleaning Pale Moon and Zoom.
With BleachBit you can free cache, delete cookies, clear Internet history, shred temporary files, delete logs, and discard junk you didn’t know was there. Designed for Linux and Windows systems, it wipes clean thousands of applications including Firefox, Adobe Flash, Google Chrome, Opera, and more. Beyond simply deleting files, BleachBit includes advanced features such as shredding files to prevent recovery, wiping free disk space to hide traces of files deleted by other applications, and vacuuming Firefox to make it faster. Better than free, BleachBit is open source.
BleachBit 4.1.0 is marked as development release for the next 4.2.0 major release. It features:
The deb packages for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, as well as packages for Debian, CentOS, Fedora, Windows, and source code are available to download at the link below:
Grab the .deb package for your Ubuntu edition, open & install file with either ‘Software Install’ or ‘Gdebi package installer’ if installed.
Free open-source system cleaning tool BleachBit 4.0.0 was released a few days ago. Now it’s running on Python 3 instead of Python 2.
Changes in BleachBit 4.0.0 include:
While BleachBit in Ubuntu universe repositories is old. You can download the latest version from the link below:
Grab the .deb for your Ubuntu edition, Ubuntu 20.04 is not supported at the moment, then click install via Ubuntu Software or Gdebi.
