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brew install czkawka v11.0.1 MIT AND CC-BY-4.0

Duplicate file utility

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Build dependencies

GitHub topics

cleaner duplicates multiplatform optimization optimizer rust similar-images similar-music similar-videos

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czkawka_gui requires $XDG_DATA_DIRS to contain "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share".
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