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

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "diffstat" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install diffstat on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall diffstat on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: diffstat
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Installed-Size: 59
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Sandro Tosi
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.61-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/main/d/diffstat/diffstat_1.61-1_amd64.deb
Size: 23632
MD5sum: e426dabe61baf4d5bd701fccf00c5c9f
SHA1: 0ecfe9f3ff3abea7cef281f82e6af6b4f4c37bae
SHA256: 239991dd57f50bf0e81c6da457929cf80a6fab83be30744341087324ba098510
Description-en: produces graph of changes introduced by a diff file
This program is a simple filter that reads the output of the 'diff' program,
and produces a histogram of the total number of lines that were changed.
It is useful for scanning a patch file to see which files were changed.
Description-md5: 823a79fb1afafc025e5a1d8d5d0da641
Homepage: http://invisible-island.net/diffstat/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntu-sdk, ubuntukylin-desktop