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

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "diffoscope" package

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


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall diffoscope on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: diffoscope
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 294
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Reproducible builds folks
Architecture: all
Version: 51
Replaces: debbindiff (<< 29)
Depends: python3-pkg-resources, python3-libarchive-c, python3-magic, python3:any (>= 3.3.2-2~)
Recommends: acl, binutils-multiarch, bzip2, caca-utils, colord, cpio, default-jdk | java-sdk, enjarify, fontforge-extras, fp-utils, genisoimage, gettext, ghc, ghostscript, gnupg, mono-utils, pdftk, poppler-utils, rpm2cpio, sng, sqlite3, squashfs-tools, unzip, vim-common, xz-utils, python3-debian, python3-guestfs, python3-rpm, python3-tlsh (>= 3.4.1)
Suggests: libjs-jquery
Breaks: debbindiff (<< 29)
Filename: pool/universe/d/diffoscope/diffoscope_51_all.deb
Size: 50054
MD5sum: 8ca3986f649675f6ee6e1146723e1eea
SHA1: d545fc570c28f93dd49694bd925f75a7c02a63a4
SHA256: 9fe86bc488c6c45003153afe3068a7ee4e502d15a43f3cd384d7bc7f3cf1ede7
Description-en: in-depth comparison of files, archives, and directories
diffoscope will try to get to the bottom of what makes files or directories
different. It will recursively unpack archives of many kinds and transform
various binary formats into more human readable form to compare them. It can
compare two tarballs, ISO images, or PDF just as easily. The differences can
be shown in a text or HTML report.
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diffoscope is developed as part of the “reproducible builds” Debian
project and was formerly known as “debbindiff”.
Description-md5: 3a47501938f21d35fc2a3f962423dec7
Homepage: https://diffoscope.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu