How to Install and Uninstall diffoscope Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "diffoscope" package

Please follow the guidance below to install diffoscope on Kali Linux


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall diffoscope on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 diffoscope package on Kali Linux

Package: diffoscope
Version: 259
Installed-Size: 46
Maintainer: Reproducible builds folks
Architecture: all
Depends: diffoscope-minimal (= 259)
Recommends: 7zip, aapt, abootimg, acl, apksigcopier, apksigner, apktool, binutils-multiarch, bzip2, caca-utils, colord, coreboot-utils, db-util, default-jdk-headless | default-jdk | java-sdk, device-tree-compiler, dexdump, docx2txt, e2fsprogs, enjarify, ffmpeg, fontforge-extras, fonttools, fp-utils, genisoimage, gettext, ghc, ghostscript, giflib-tools, gnumeric, gnupg-utils, gpg, hdf5-tools, html2text, imagemagick, jsbeautifier, libarchive-tools, libxmlb-utils, llvm, lz4 | liblz4-tool, lzip, mono-utils, ocaml-nox, odt2txt, oggvideotools, openssh-client, openssl, pgpdump, poppler-utils, procyon-decompiler, python3-pdfminer, r-base-core, radare2, rpm2cpio, sng, sqlite3, squashfs-tools, tcpdump, u-boot-tools, unzip, wabt, xmlbeans, xxd, xz-utils, zip, zstd, androguard, python3-argcomplete, python3-binwalk, python3-debian, python3-defusedxml, python3-guestfs, python3-jsondiff, python3-progressbar, python3-pypdf, python3-pyxattr, python3-rpm, python3-tlsh (>= 3.4.1)
Suggests: libjs-jquery
Enhances: diffoscope-minimal
Size: 36916
SHA256: fc23887b5cb81d26570588f6e4171e0032cebcb52741c0c92a6b2a0e58713f9d
SHA1: e586509297b4d3bd9374ab3f761de99a46507ce5
MD5sum: 9be502b0705377fc69565b1d68201dcd
Description: in-depth visual diff tool for files, archives and directories
diffoscope is a visual diff tool that attempts try to get to the bottom of
what makes files or directories actually different.
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It can recursively unpack archives of many kinds, transforming various binary
formats into more human-readable form to compare them in a human-readable way.
It can compare two tarballs, ISO images or PDFs just as easily. The
differences can be displayed on the console or in a HTML report.
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This is a dependency package that recommends the full set of external tools,
to support as many type of files as possible.
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File formats supported include: Android APK files, Android boot images, Android
package resource table (ARSC), Apple Xcode mobile provisioning files, ar(1)
archives, ASM Function, Berkeley DB database files, bzip2 archives,
character/block devices, ColorSync colour profiles (.icc), Coreboot CBFS
filesystem images, cpio archives, Dalvik .dex files, Debian .buildinfo files,
Debian .changes files, Debian source packages (.dsc), Device Tree Compiler blob
files, directories, ELF binaries, ext2/ext3/ext4/btrfs/fat filesystems,
eXtensible ARchive files, Filesystem image, Flattened Image Tree blob files,
FreeDesktop Fontconfig cache files, FreePascal files (.ppu), Gettext message
catalogues, GHC Haskell .hi files, GIF image files, Git repositories, GNU R
database files (.rdb), GNU R Rscript files (.rds), Gnumeric spreadsheets, GPG
keybox databases, Gzipped files, Hierarchical Data Format database, HTML files
(.html), ISO 9660 CD images, Java .class files, Java .jmod modules, JavaScript
files, JPEG images, JSON files, Linux kernel images, LLVM IR bitcode files,
local (UNIX domain) sockets and named pipes (FIFOs), LZ4 compressed files, lzip
compressed files, macOS binaries, Microsoft Windows icon files, Microsoft Word
docx files, Mono 'Portable Executable' files, Mozilla-optimized .ZIP archives,
Multimedia metadata, OCaml interface files, Ogg Vorbis audio files, OpenOffice
odt files, OpenSSH public keys, OpenWRT package archives (.ipk), PDF
documents, PE32 files, PGP signatures, PGP signed/encrypted messages, PNG
images, PostScript documents, Public Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS) files
(version #7), Python .pyc files, RPM archives, Rust object files (.deflate),
Sphinx inventory files, SQLite databases, SquashFS filesystems, symlinks, tape
archives (.tar), tcpdump capture files (.pcap), text files, TrueType font
files, U-Boot legacy image files, WebAssembly binary module, XML binary schemas
(.xsb), XML files, XMLB files, XZ compressed files, ZIP archives and Zstandard
compressed files.
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diffoscope is developed as part of the Reproducible Builds project.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://diffoscope.org
Tag: devel::prettyprint, devel::testing-qa, implemented-in::python,
interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility,
security::forensics, use::analysing, use::checking, use::comparing,
use::converting, works-with-format::diff, works-with-format::elf,
works-with-format::epub, works-with-format::html,
works-with-format::info, works-with-format::jpg,
works-with-format::json, works-with-format::man,
works-with-format::oggvorbis, works-with-format::pdf,
works-with-format::plaintext, works-with-format::png,
works-with-format::po, works-with-format::postscript,
works-with-format::tar, works-with-format::zip, works-with::archive,
works-with::file, works-with::software:package, works-with::text
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/diffoscope/diffoscope_259_all.deb