How to Install and Uninstall diffutils Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "diffutils" package

Please follow the steps below to install diffutils on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall diffutils on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: diffutils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:3.8-0ubuntu1
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Santiago Vila
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 488
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Suggests: diffutils-doc, wdiff
Replaces: diff
Filename: pool/main/d/diffutils/diffutils_3.8-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 205360
MD5sum: a2c300749eedbf99a99aeae50e1a4885
SHA1: 1a81255b6b19c6f9e87b5dce935c000cfbae8861
SHA256: 04bca474b26cc0b6cff4becb26cdff946deaebad7ea53531e5405a9b9e643d70
SHA512: 04d2e97acce9aa085d0ec95032652877378730115c1735a1492180f0fdfbc473c23f6521aaeb3f56f1b23abd9c206d46179f0a23422543275331508ae6407b0e
Homepage: https://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