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

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "diffutils" package

This guide let you learn how to install diffutils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall diffutils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: diffutils
Essential: yes
Priority: required
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 416
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Santiago Vila
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:3.3-3
Replaces: diff
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17)
Suggests: diffutils-doc, wdiff
Filename: pool/main/d/diffutils/diffutils_3.3-3_amd64.deb
Size: 155710
MD5sum: c4444a31300ce0d1bbd4a3ef50316d54
SHA1: 707084d876a277ab7a60e7e0eb3eb9d840ee173a
SHA256: 516031eed9f074d1307743321abe5e5be726f43e180c71f761927cd2ed8d8a5b
Description-en: File comparison utilities
The diffutils package provides the diff, diff3, sdiff, and cmp programs.
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`diff' shows differences between two files, or each corresponding file
in two directories. `cmp' shows the offsets and line numbers where
two files differ. `cmp' can also show all the characters that
differ between the two files, side by side. `diff3' shows differences
among three files. `sdiff' merges two files interactively.
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The set of differences produced by `diff' can be used to distribute
updates to text files (such as program source code) to other people.
This method is especially useful when the differences are small compared
to the complete files. Given `diff' output, the `patch' program can
update, or "patch", a copy of the file.
Description-md5: 5cf0bc18e36aa2957e62b309d6aa34f9
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal