How to Install and Uninstall diffoscope Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: November 25,2024

1. Install "diffoscope" package

Please follow the instructions below to install diffoscope on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall diffoscope on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                diffoscope
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the diffoscope package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: diffoscope
Architecture: all
Version: 137
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Reproducible builds folks
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 596
Depends: python3-distutils | libpython3.5-stdlib | libpython3.6-stdlib (<< 3.6.5~rc1-2), python3-pkg-resources, python3-distro, python3-libarchive-c, python3-magic, python3:any
Recommends: abootimg, acl, apktool, binutils-multiarch, bzip2, caca-utils, colord, db-util, default-jdk-headless | default-jdk | java-sdk, device-tree-compiler, docx2txt, e2fsprogs, enjarify, ffmpeg, fontforge-extras, fp-utils, genisoimage, gettext, ghc, ghostscript, giflib-tools, gnumeric, gnupg, gnupg-utils, imagemagick, jsbeautifier, libarchive-tools, llvm, lz4 | liblz4-tool, mono-utils, ocaml-nox, odt2txt, oggvideotools, openssh-client, pgpdump, poppler-utils, procyon-decompiler, r-base-core, rpm2cpio, sng, sqlite3, squashfs-tools, tcpdump, unzip, wabt, xmlbeans, xxd | vim-common, xz-utils, zip, zstd, python3-argcomplete, python3-binwalk, python3-debian, python3-defusedxml, python3-guestfs, python3-jsondiff, python3-progressbar, python3-pypdf2, python3-pyxattr, python3-tlsh (>= 3.4.1)
Suggests: libjs-jquery
Filename: pool/universe/d/diffoscope/diffoscope_137_all.deb
Size: 99808
MD5sum: 0fb70cde93971df2b45572c7a61d8b69
SHA1: fe1b4595fd27cfd4d14c875b830fb2d2c7529e41
SHA256: b325f22fca3d91784f07a82327e3d114a575df5bb0a873ec4a874e9a6f083f75
Homepage: https://diffoscope.org
Description: in-depth comparison of files, archives, and directories
Description-md5: 4421ffce907e2e9f83ba162e9e59aefe