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

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "rdiff" package

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


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall rdiff on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: rdiff
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 56
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Andrey Rahmatullin
Architecture: amd64
Source: librsync
Version: 0.9.7-10
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.4), libpopt0 (>= 1.14), librsync1
Filename: pool/universe/libr/librsync/rdiff_0.9.7-10_amd64.deb
Size: 8076
MD5sum: 3e3cd1346992e7fa4920d48c626010be
SHA1: cc6e586a0c0a663b85b55486f07cfe6af8819cd2
SHA256: 749bbf976610fe69e41c539553377ff78ae65101fd098db231e86132fa60d14d
Description-en: Binary diff tool for signature-based differences
rdiff is a little like diff and patch all rolled into one, with support for
binary files. Since it takes advantage of the rsync remote-delta algorithm, you
do not need the source file in the same place as your destination file.
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To use it, you generate a "signature" of the original file and copy the
signature (which is very small) to the same location as the modified file. Then
you generate a "delta" which describes the changes required to turn the source
file into the modified file. The small delta file can then be used to "patch"
the original file, to transform it into the modified file.
Description-md5: 5284c275efe652989ea1372eb7c32b01
Homepage: http://librsync.sourceforge.net/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu