How to Install and Uninstall rdiff Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: January 23,2025

1. Install "rdiff" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install rdiff on Kali Linux


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall rdiff on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                rdiff
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the rdiff package on Kali Linux

Package: rdiff
Source: librsync
Version: 2.3.4-1
Installed-Size: 31
Maintainer: Andrey Rakhmatullin
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libpopt0 (>= 1.14), librsync2 (>= 2.0.1)
Size: 8616
SHA256: f7e8b26fc888d2bc752d68abf7b87bb02e59360c5a5236605794b007f0dceea3
SHA1: d1e880b419e1f9dc3c1574d8ad28e1358de1bab1
MD5sum: d0af7d047a1327cb41c491357f31a62e
Description: Binary diff tool for signature-based differences
rdiff is a little like diff and patch all rolled into one, with support for
binary files. Since it takes advantage of the rsync remote-delta algorithm, you
do not need the source file in the same place as your destination file.
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To use it, you generate a "signature" of the original file and copy the
signature (which is very small) to the same location as the modified file. Then
you generate a "delta" which describes the changes required to turn the source
file into the modified file. The small delta file can then be used to "patch"
the original file, to transform it into the modified file.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://github.com/librsync/librsync
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, security::integrity, works-with::file
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libr/librsync/rdiff_2.3.4-1_amd64.deb