Dutree is a free and open source command line tool used for displaying the output of disk space utilization in a colored format. It is written in RUST programming language and combines Durep – Disk Space Reporter and tree which is another CLI tool which displays content in directories in a tree-like format. In this article , we’ll show you how to install Dutree in your Linux system.

Features of Dutree

Here are some of the uses of Dtree.

• It displays the file system tree in a hierarchy manner
• It allows the user to add minimal files
• You can exclude directories or files
• It allows the uUser to make a comparison of different directories

How to install Dutree in Lunux systems

First , install curl , which is a command line tool for transferring data in URL syntax

In CentOS & RHEL 7

yum install curl

In Ubuntu 18.04 & Debian 7

apt install curl

Next, Install RUST

curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh

Sample Output

info: downloading installer

Welcome to Rust!

This will download and install the official compiler for the Rust programming
language, and its package manager, Cargo.

It will add the cargo, rustc, rustup and other commands to Cargo's bin
directory, located at:

  /root/.cargo/bin

This path will then be added to your PATH environment variable by modifying the
profile files located at:

  /root/.profile
  /root/.bash_profile

Thereafter, clone the Dutree git repository. To install git,

In CentOS & RHEL 7

yum install git

In Ubuntu 18.04 & Debian 7

apt install git

Once git installation is successful, clone Dutree git repository

git clone https://github.com/nachoparker/dutree.git

Sample Output

Cloning into 'dutree'...
remote: Counting objects: 72, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (43/43), done.
remote: Total 72 (delta 30), reused 60 (delta 22), pack-reused 0
Unpacking objects: 100% (72/72), done.

Next, we’ll set up RUST environment

Setting Up RUST environment

Run the following commands

 source $HOME/.cargo/env

To verify RUST version

rustc --version

Output

rustc 1.25.0 (84203cac6 2018-03-25)

Install Dutree using cargo

cargo install dutree

To navigate to Dutree help page run

dutree -h

Run Dutree command. This displays disk usage in a hierarchical  colored format.

dutree

To give a summmary of disk usage

dutree -dl

To display ASCII characters

dutree -A

Conclusion
Summing up, we have outlined the steps on How to install Dutree. nFeel free to try out the commands and tell us what you think. Thank you.