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BleachBit 1.8 released, Install on Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS) and Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana

BleachBit quickly frees disk space and tirelessly guards your privacy. 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 a thousand applications including Firefox, Internet Explorer, Adobe Flash, Google Chrome, Opera, Safari,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.

Features at a glance

Key features include the ability to free cache, delete logs, shred temporary files, clear Internet history, delete cookies,  as well as to discard junk. It supports cleaning of over 1000 applications at the same time, and features a simple graphical user interface with clearly labeled options for safe wiping.

Before starting the cleaning operation, the user must set up some basic settings, such as to check periodically for software updates, start the application when the computer starts, overwrite files to hide content.

In addition, you can also add custom file and folders for deletion, choose writable folders for each drive for which to overwrite free space, delete extra languages from the system, as well as to add file and folders that you don't want BleachBit to delete.

The latest version available is BleachBit 1.8, which brings the below changes:

• In Preferences, there is a new option “Confirm before delete” that disables the confirmation.
• When BleachBit starts, the window is centered.
• The tool “Shred Settings and Quit” in the File menu is fixed.
• Added cleaning for Opera passwords.
• Shrink storage size of BleachBit icon.
• Add descriptions to many cleaners.
• Add a new command line option –debug-log that logs debug messages to a file.
• Replace hard-coded localizations cleaning system with CleanerML entries.
• Whitelist /tmp/fsa for FSArchiver.
• Suppress GTK+ warning in console.

How to install BleachBit 1.8 on Ubuntu 15.04:

$ wget katana.oooninja.com/bleachbit/sf/bleachbit_1.8_all_ubuntu1504.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i bleachbit_1.8_all_ubuntu1504.deb

Optional, to remove BleachBit, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove bleachbit

How to install BleachBit 1.8 on Ubuntu 14.10:

$ wget katana.oooninja.com/bleachbit/sf/bleachbit_1.8_all_ubuntu1410.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i bleachbit_1.8_all_ubuntu1410.deb

Optional, to remove BleachBit, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove bleachbit

How to install BleachBit 1.8 on Ubuntu 14.04, Linux Mint 17.2 Linux Mint 17.1, Linux Mint 17, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3, Deepin 2014, Peppermint 6, Peppermint 5, LXLE 14.04 and Linux Lite 2:

$ wget katana.oooninja.com/bleachbit/sf/bleachbit_1.8_all_ubuntu1404.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i bleachbit_1.8_all_ubuntu1404.deb

Optional, to remove BleachBit, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove bleachbit

In case “dpkg” indicates missing dependencies, complete the installation by executing the following command:

$ sudo apt-get install -f

Install From BleachBit 1.8 Source

To run, download the tarball and simply run these commands:

$ wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/bleachbit/files/bleachbit-1.8.tar.gz
$ sudo tar xvjf bleachbit-1.8.tar.bz2
$ cd bleachbit-1.8
$ make -C po local
$ python bleachbit.py

If you prefer not to download, you may also browse the Git repository.

Enjoy! I hope this article adding you more clarity.