How to Install and Uninstall delta Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "delta" package

Learn how to install delta on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall delta on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                delta
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the delta package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: delta
Priority: extra
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 108
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jakub Wilk
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2006.08.03-6
Depends: perl, libc6 (>= 2.3.4)
Filename: pool/universe/d/delta/delta_2006.08.03-6_amd64.deb
Size: 31374
MD5sum: 2c571ac39ccc493f14d05a6143217c1e
SHA1: 45c80f89a546783340edd6c1af4ebb28dc78246b
SHA256: 34d0d8a53a1f5b112151ffb86d3ae5ccd3ff9f4d70da5e4dd1d4d7651b05df98
Description-en: heuristic minimizer of interesting files
Delta assists you in minimizing "interesting" files subject to a test of
their "interestingness". A common such situation is when attempting to
isolate a small failure-inducing substring of a large input that causes
your program to exhibit a bug.
Description-md5: f3620c181fda3593c8b8341f9b760f04
Homepage: http://delta.tigris.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu