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

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "diffutils" package

Please follow the instructions below to install diffutils on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall diffutils on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: diffutils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:3.7-3ubuntu1
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Santiago Vila
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 516
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17)
Suggests: diffutils-doc, wdiff
Replaces: diff
Filename: pool/main/d/diffutils/diffutils_3.7-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 195692
MD5sum: c461debcc3f7c343144803a2b4d86f66
SHA1: 975e9ae29f1c432fc504db19452beecdc1ddcc5d
SHA256: 9fcf8225fc73975a60cd8240188388ece9c5ae1efd287f603be10a1fb21cec74
SHA512: b1b1d0f6e03738249226274d0482366790040e4b9ef4350cfbe5b45848041d51898e0d388734b102134686e57268bbe0a78228269ac2a0dbe5fe5f041f8522b2
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/
Description-en: File comparison utilities
The diffutils package provides the diff, diff3, sdiff, and cmp programs.
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`diff' shows differences between two files, or each corresponding file
in two directories. `cmp' shows the offsets and line numbers where
two files differ. `cmp' can also show all the characters that
differ between the two files, side by side. `diff3' shows differences
among three files. `sdiff' merges two files interactively.
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The set of differences produced by `diff' can be used to distribute
updates to text files (such as program source code) to other people.
This method is especially useful when the differences are small compared
to the complete files. Given `diff' output, the `patch' program can
update, or "patch", a copy of the file.
Description-md5: 5cf0bc18e36aa2957e62b309d6aa34f9
Task: minimal