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

Last updated: May 12,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "wdiff" package

Please follow the instructions below to install wdiff on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall wdiff 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 wdiff package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: wdiff
Version: 1.2.2-5
Installed-Size: 648
Maintainer: Santiago Vila
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Suggests: wdiff-doc
Description: Compares two files word by word
Description-md5: ff5f47823aed30d56f7ce111a0e2cd14
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/wdiff/
Tag: interface::text-mode, role::program, scope::utility, suite::gnu,
uitoolkit::ncurses, use::synchronizing, works-with::text
Section: text
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/w/wdiff/wdiff_1.2.2-5_amd64.deb
Size: 119248
MD5sum: 3e073af5dca7780c857cf743010115aa
SHA256: dd5a9163a510af378a68616193faf9af5d777de77338b264d878e1d487337465