How to Install and Uninstall diffutils Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "diffutils" package

This tutorial shows how to install diffutils on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall diffutils on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                diffutils
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the diffutils package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: diffutils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:3.6-1
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Santiago Vila
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 452
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17)
Suggests: diffutils-doc, wdiff
Replaces: diff
Filename: pool/main/d/diffutils/diffutils_3.6-1_amd64.deb
Size: 167178
MD5sum: 20ecce81c5828c75a27353ad13a50d19
SHA1: 71c2356705201b1a1332fd95f1d2dd7ff5b79bc5
SHA256: 4a2f0f62cb9c7bc00d535e85f5629eb9f513e9c6161474a95445db1c446b5dc1
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/
Description: File comparison utilities
Description-md5: 5cf0bc18e36aa2957e62b309d6aa34f9
Task: minimal
Supported: 5y