How to Install and Uninstall diffutils Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 03,2024

You can also install and uninstall the diffutils on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "diffutils" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install diffutils on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                diffutils
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "diffutils" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall diffutils on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                diffutils
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the diffutils package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: diffutils
Version: 1:3.8-4
Essential: yes
Installed-Size: 1598
Maintainer: Santiago Vila
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: diff
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Suggests: diffutils-doc, wdiff
Description: File comparison utilities
Description-md5: 5cf0bc18e36aa2957e62b309d6aa34f9
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/
Tag: devel::rcs, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, suite::gnu, use::comparing, use::editing,
use::synchronizing, works-with-format::diff,
works-with-format::plaintext, works-with::file,
works-with::software:source, works-with::text
Section: utils
Priority: required
Filename: pool/main/d/diffutils/diffutils_3.8-4_amd64.deb
Size: 351740
MD5sum: df3a18721cde3835767fa1edd8c01eca
SHA256: 8bdfedc14c1035e3750e9f055ac9c1ecd9b5d05d9e6dc6466c4e9237eef407dd