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

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "hexdiff" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install hexdiff on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall hexdiff on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: hexdiff
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.0.53-0ubuntu4
Priority: extra
Section: universe/devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Tanguy Herrmann
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 60
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libncurses6 (>= 6), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Filename: pool/universe/h/hexdiff/hexdiff_0.0.53-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 18380
MD5sum: 9c6118c9d6b5e0f5d44ef28a320c943b
SHA1: e86fda5de3034e2b2827fc557d5113731e39bc4f
SHA256: ad4073c65e127fb804f8226dd8cfb46d86fa33dfc95d083660556a3e558e9ec4
SHA512: a96cda65fde8fa6e71931fe838af3fa45a2f580958cb7cc75d9fb5bd9e9e557aab0d7002b40583291d8198210a7c02e97d87284d23114676e66af298fc2595b3
Homepage: http://tboudet.free.fr/hexdiff/
Description-en: Visual hexadecimal difference editor
Editor to visualize binary differences in hexadecimal between 2 files.
The editor open in an horizontal split view with each file per view.
Each view has 3 columns : offset, hexadecimal output, ASCII output.
Differences are highlighted by having the background color inverted.
Some crucial information are displayed as current offset, etc...
Has shortcut to move into the file, to the next difference, etc...
Description-md5: 86c9ddde7e9cf2cc9a7621031e32eeb1