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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "rdiff" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install rdiff on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall rdiff on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: rdiff
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.0.2-1ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Source: librsync
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Andrey Rahmatullin
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 36
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libpopt0 (>= 1.14), librsync2 (>= 2.0.1)
Filename: pool/universe/libr/librsync/rdiff_2.0.2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 8080
MD5sum: 540a64806bec14113de0e230497a1fd2
SHA1: 77c6ae5818dbbd2dfe74c0a1f93682eac614f9c5
SHA256: 0e241ecd59311efcfea6ddb59844950f6c380de9d2f07551b3ad38af6727fc85
Homepage: https://github.com/librsync/librsync
Description: Binary diff tool for signature-based differences
Description-md5: 5284c275efe652989ea1372eb7c32b01