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

Last updated: May 07,2024

1. Install "imediff" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install imediff on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall imediff on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                imediff
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the imediff package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: imediff
Architecture: all
Version: 2.4-3
Priority: optional
Section: universe/text
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Osamu Aoki
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 170
Provides: imediff2
Depends: python3:any, vim | emacs | editor
Recommends: git
Breaks: imediff2 (<< 1.1.2.1-3)
Replaces: imediff2 (<< 1.1.2.1-3)
Filename: pool/universe/i/imediff/imediff_2.4-3_all.deb
Size: 37544
MD5sum: c4fcd0d7f783f02dc8b547f37088d280
SHA1: 948cb05d5c724c995418f453e5919b4146544ca2
SHA256: 6511ff6099f7d4ad785104cf5acb52791df27f10fdc7a021d8a833ffaa5c8467
SHA512: b2e309cc3e4856b8f534d7a7e3a7cf207f7384f8ce8476d1095855355ed9c95481d690b92da7055af62d77a5c8065e9241f8de4cd2871df7fec308aa30338767
Homepage: https://github.com/osamuaoki/imediff
Description-en: interactive full screen 2/3-way merge tool
The imediff command helps you to merge 2 slightly different files with an
optional base file interactively using the in-place alternating display of
the changed content on a single-pane full screen terminal user interface.
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The source of line is clearly identified by the color of the line or the
identifier character at the first column.
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The advantage of this user interface is the minimal movement of the line of
sight for the user. Other great tools such as vimdiff, xxdiff, meld and
kdiff3 require you to look at different points of display to find the exact
position of changes. This makes imediff the most stress-free tool.
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Other great tools for merge such as "diff3 -m ..." and "git merge ..."
operate only on the difference by line. So even for the non-overlapping
changes, they yield the merge conflict if changes happen on the same line.
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The automatic merge logic of the imediff command operates not only on the
difference by line but on the difference by character. This is another
great feature of the imediff command. So for the non-overlapping changes, it
always yields the clean merge.
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This comes with git-ime script which helps you to split a squished git commit
into smaller commits. If the git commit involves only a single file, it is
split into smaller commits interactively using imediff. Also, there is a
backend support script for git-mergetool to use imediff.
Description-md5: d65deccc63ce916538b7e8e3386407da