How to Install and Uninstall colordiff Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "colordiff" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install colordiff on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall colordiff on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                colordiff
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the colordiff package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: colordiff
Version: 1.0.18-1.1
Installed-Size: 53
Maintainer: Dave Ewart
Architecture: all
Depends: perl:any
Description: tool to colorize 'diff' output
Description-md5: 7ab030bb518683495a4da0bf1db21c18
Homepage: http://www.colordiff.org/
Tag: devel::prettyprint, implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility, use::comparing, use::synchronizing,
works-with-format::TODO, works-with-format::diff, works-with::file,
works-with::software:source, works-with::text
Section: text
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/colordiff/colordiff_1.0.18-1.1_all.deb
Size: 16652
MD5sum: 9e7b40b4486ce10ed8f67016a1009f50
SHA256: 9215ea6be9e58b619fdb02013778c9a4136ff1599149f7ab1ce18425ee5a1215