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

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "rdiff" package

Please follow the steps below to install rdiff on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

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


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

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
SHA512: c8ff99b770cbd15ce5a2761e51dcc0fee1929bf2f350f0603b22386549c369f89709ca60b50474d222a40a9c8ec0e6b48a0fa9c45fb837e1cbe767e534fd6adb
Homepage: https://github.com/librsync/librsync
Description-en: Binary diff tool for signature-based differences
rdiff is a little like diff and patch all rolled into one, with support for
binary files. Since it takes advantage of the rsync remote-delta algorithm, you
do not need the source file in the same place as your destination file.
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To use it, you generate a "signature" of the original file and copy the
signature (which is very small) to the same location as the modified file. Then
you generate a "delta" which describes the changes required to turn the source
file into the modified file. The small delta file can then be used to "patch"
the original file, to transform it into the modified file.
Description-md5: 5284c275efe652989ea1372eb7c32b01