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

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "hexdiff" package

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


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

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


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

Package: hexdiff
Priority: extra
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 57
Maintainer: Ubuntu MOTU Developers
Original-Maintainer: Tanguy Herrmann
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.0.53-0ubuntu2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libncurses5 (>= 6), libtinfo5 (>= 6)
Filename: pool/universe/h/hexdiff/hexdiff_0.0.53-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 17844
MD5sum: 3eb8151fb75eb793a33993adfcc10c32
SHA1: 92efe59f304a26f6841003aafd486b95d050048b
SHA256: 24164250634c707f7406fb584b0532259b2436ed83a0a18da4831b16a47d8005
Description-en: Visual hexadecimal difference editor
Editor to visualize binary differences in hexadecimal between 2 files.
The editor open in an horizontal split view with each file per view.
Each view has 3 columns : offset, hexadecimal output, ASCII output.
Differences are highlighted by having the background color inverted.
Some crucial information are displayed as current offset, etc...
Has shortcut to move into the file, to the next difference, etc...
Description-md5: 86c9ddde7e9cf2cc9a7621031e32eeb1
Homepage: http://tboudet.free.fr/hexdiff/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu