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

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "diffmon" package

This tutorial shows how to install diffmon on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall diffmon on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: diffmon
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 90
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jeff Bailey
Architecture: all
Version: 20020222-2.6
Depends: sendmail | mail-transport-agent, bash (>= 2.0)
Filename: pool/universe/d/diffmon/diffmon_20020222-2.6_all.deb
Size: 12386
MD5sum: 6b6bf869581edf38aa61abed7a98129b
SHA1: 8651783745f88f6a061336d23437c1cc890a273d
SHA256: 8fb28bd5d8a17cb7e3888d41f5e3318ce4f11014dacdef8f55d05bb4d157192d
Description-en: Tool for reporting changes in system configuration
This tool is run by a nightly cron job, and takes a `diff' of specified system
configuration files and emails them to a specified email address. Options
to diff can be specified. This is useful in friendly environments where there
are multiple sysadmins working on configuration files/setups and everyone's
changes are reported. CVS is a better answer, but most of us don't want to
have the hassle of putting system files in a repository.
Description-md5: cd0d45613de3fe966574f804703905dd
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu