How to Install and Uninstall diffoscope Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "diffoscope" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install diffoscope on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall diffoscope on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                diffoscope
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the diffoscope package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: diffoscope
Architecture: all
Version: 171
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Reproducible builds folks
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 68
Depends: diffoscope-minimal
Recommends: abootimg, acl, apksigner, apktool, binutils-multiarch, bzip2, caca-utils, colord, db-util, default-jdk-headless | default-jdk | java-sdk, device-tree-compiler, docx2txt, e2fsprogs, enjarify, ffmpeg, fontforge-extras, fp-utils, genisoimage, gettext, ghc, ghostscript, giflib-tools, gnumeric, gnupg, gnupg-utils, hdf5-tools, imagemagick, jsbeautifier, libarchive-tools, llvm, lz4 | liblz4-tool, mono-utils, ocaml-nox, odt2txt, oggvideotools, openssh-client, openssl, pgpdump, poppler-utils, procyon-decompiler, python3-pdfminer, r-base-core, radare2, rpm2cpio, sng, sqlite3, squashfs-tools, tcpdump, u-boot-tools, unzip, wabt, xmlbeans, xxd | vim-common, xz-utils, zip, zstd, python3-argcomplete, python3-binwalk, python3-debian, python3-defusedxml, python3-guestfs, python3-jsondiff, python3-progressbar, python3-pypdf2, python3-pyxattr, python3-rpm, python3-tlsh (>= 3.4.1)
Suggests: libjs-jquery
Enhances: diffoscope-core
Filename: pool/universe/d/diffoscope/diffoscope_171_all.deb
Size: 4972
MD5sum: 76ee6051904d25e271af3aa16da5d40f
SHA1: db4abcaf12d52f8cabc85c3f6cad23d6631aef46
SHA256: d8e7cb93ff3aa13b73ba733852497de38c482cb6dadefaca705463f736dd679d
SHA512: 30c97fdaecd9a7830ff052b554dff7b84dc8a1212e321bf08bfb088f9820755c83be1ed966f478140a2a37e5fbd55527d79f70edd7bca79f762e57c876f78f1a
Homepage: https://diffoscope.org
Description-en: in-depth visual diff tool for files, archives and directories
diffoscope is a visual diff tool that attempts try to get to the bottom of
what makes files or directories actually different.
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It can recursively unpack archives of many kinds, transforming various binary
formats into more human-readable form to compare them in a human-readable way.
It can compare two tarballs, ISO images or PDFs just as easily. The
differences can be displayed on the console or in a HTML report.
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This is a dependency package that recommends the full set of external tools,
to support as many type of files as possible.
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File formats supported include: Android APK files, Android boot images, Apple
Xcode mobile provisioning files, ar(1) archives, ASM Function, Berkeley DB
database files, bzip2 archives, character/block devices, ColorSync colour
profiles (.icc), Coreboot CBFS filesystem images, cpio archives, Dalvik .dex
files, Debian .buildinfo files, Debian .changes files, Debian source packages
(.dsc), Device Tree Compiler blob files, directories, ELF binaries,
ext2/ext3/ext4/btrfs/fat filesystems, Flattened Image Tree blob files,
FreeDesktop Fontconfig cache files, FreePascal files (.ppu), Gettext message
catalogues, GHC Haskell .hi files, GIF image files, Git repositories, GNU R
database files (.rdb), GNU R Rscript files (.rds), Gnumeric spreadsheets, GPG
keybox databases, Gzipped files, Hierarchical Data Format database, ISO 9660 CD
images, Java .class files, Java .jmod modules, JavaScript files, JPEG images,
JSON files, LLVM IR bitcode files, LZ4 compressed files, MacOS binaries,
Microsoft Windows icon files, Microsoft Word .docx files, Mono 'Portable
Executable' files, Mozilla-optimized .ZIP archives, Multimedia metadata, OCaml
interface files, Ogg Vorbis audio files, OpenOffice .odt files, OpenSSH public
keys, OpenWRT package archives (.ipk), PDF documents, PE32 files, PGP
signatures, PGP signed/encrypted messages, PNG images, PostScript documents,
Public Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS) files (version #7), RPM archives, Rust
object files (.deflate), SQLite databases, SquashFS filesystems, symlinks, tape
archives (.tar), tcpdump capture files (.pcap), text files, TrueType font
files, U-Boot legacy image files, WebAssembly binary module, XML binary schemas
(.xsb), XML files, XZ compressed files, ZIP archives and Zstandard compressed
files.
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diffoscope is developed as part of the Reproducible Builds project.
Description-md5: 4030ba474c3a47868fbea9b4203c7ea0