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

Last updated: September 20,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "pkgdiff" package

This tutorial shows how to install pkgdiff on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

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


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

Package: pkgdiff
Version: 1.7.2-1.1
Installed-Size: 219
Maintainer: Peter Spiess-Knafl
Architecture: all
Depends: rpm, gawk, wdiff, perl:any
Suggests: abi-compliance-checker, abi-dumper
Description: tool for visualizing changes in Linux software packages
Description-md5: 2034590a768e1f68227fc5f364236862
Homepage: https://github.com/lvc/pkgdiff
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/pkgdiff/pkgdiff_1.7.2-1.1_all.deb
Size: 40848
MD5sum: 77616423272d0342111d911e5d0156d0
SHA256: 923ec43fec5e2f294d5285581420d8dde1979f8607dc8004ca309d13d0f17713