How to Install and Uninstall diffstat Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: November 24,2024

1. Install "diffstat" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install diffstat on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall diffstat on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                diffstat
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the diffstat package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: diffstat
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.63-1
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Sandro Tosi
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 71
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/main/d/diffstat/diffstat_1.63-1_amd64.deb
Size: 27172
MD5sum: fe54850a82ec798dfcd0db5f033d59f1
SHA1: d51bb4f03991f0c3e93da2cdd8bfd148295043df
SHA256: 90995e45655cfad3b86abffb398aae06e2ae0fa7d4b615a6927ae9b22bbb39f7
SHA512: 258133f59e28328f53df4d720151fa027a14711ddc1ad13b4fa5522235249bf52ee06064a32828e622faa9e086fbd8bb5909101063296a90a87e188564628659
Homepage: http://invisible-island.net/diffstat/
Description-en: produces graph of changes introduced by a diff file
This program is a simple filter that reads the output of the 'diff' program,
and produces a histogram of the total number of lines that were changed.
It is useful for scanning a patch file to see which files were changed.
Description-md5: 823a79fb1afafc025e5a1d8d5d0da641
Task: ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop