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

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "numdiff" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install numdiff on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: numdiff
Priority: extra
Section: universe/science
Installed-Size: 947
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Paolo Greppi
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.8.1-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
Filename: pool/universe/n/numdiff/numdiff_5.8.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 584956
MD5sum: 12d21735407ba229618e68ded0597f96
SHA1: 2c6a3a841289686612d9b2ab128fb8435cec8eee
SHA256: f928afd4ce332d303098f5b7f0acc2656fd0c2c58db6cc2d4806a8932ddfda8c
Description-en: Compare similar files with numeric fields
Numdiff is a console application that can be used to compare putatively
similar files line by line and field by field, ignoring small numeric
differences or/and different numeric formats. It is similar diff or wdiff,
but it is aware of floating point numbers including complex and
multi-precision numbers.
Numdiff is useful to compare text files containing numerical fields, when
testing or doing quality control in scientific computing or in numerical
analysis.
Description-md5: d9c5cf165ee564bb30ecf8042b26e2a7
Homepage: http://nongnu.org/numdiff/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu