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

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "rdiff" package

Please follow the instructions below to install rdiff on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall rdiff on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: rdiff
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.3.2-0ubuntu1
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: 34
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libpopt0 (>= 1.14), librsync2 (>= 2.0.1)
Filename: pool/universe/libr/librsync/rdiff_2.3.2-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 8128
MD5sum: b07f3f4e0f472da3c92d06dc3ad7825e
SHA1: 1b16eeca8784218c40cc5ec9eea7ca6c1a9901da
SHA256: daf8c3d3419416e0ddbe67a517389d4a06b1fb794b1295f27f8436d86c64ab35
SHA512: 942942ac96570fb7faf98641897b77fd4b0a608e79c2439224f04f000385e023691dcb3e381ce4b210d3f1567a490a046b4969d8965b85bb9d437e7cbf0a86d1
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