How to Install and Uninstall xxdiff-scripts Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: April 27,2024

1. Install "xxdiff-scripts" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install xxdiff-scripts on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "xxdiff-scripts" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall xxdiff-scripts on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the xxdiff-scripts package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: xxdiff-scripts
Priority: optional
Section: universe/text
Installed-Size: 503
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Florian Schlichting
Architecture: all
Source: xxdiff
Version: 1:4.0+hg453+dfsg-2
Depends: python:any (<< 2.8), python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~), xxdiff
Recommends: gpg, patch
Filename: pool/universe/x/xxdiff/xxdiff-scripts_4.0+hg453+dfsg-2_all.deb
Size: 167922
MD5sum: 65e481586636d1dc175669afdbb206f0
SHA1: 85fb604349c8dd1c70363e88aa252f8e2db5dda2
SHA256: a9ea2813483a64f619cd5ae7a5f4a851bfe26807b01f66c4828d15b0e4aa9af1
Description-en: graphical file/directory comparison and merge tool - scripts
xxdiff is a powerful tool for viewing the differences between two or three
files, or two directories, and can be used to produce a merged version. The
texts of the two or three files are presented side by side with their
differences highlighted with colors for easy identification.
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This package provides a number of scripts that are used to perform a variety of
tasks that all involve getting user verification and feedback using the xxdiff
graphical differences viewer.
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For example, there are scripts to perform global renaming of strings within a
large codebase, where each transformed file is viewed by the user with an
xxdiff, accepted, rejected or merged changes written over the original file
(file backups are supported). Also, this infrastructure is mostly provided as
modules, in order to allow users to write file transformations in Python and to
leverage this interactive confirmation process.
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There are also scripts that visualize diffs for a number of SCM systems, like
CVS, Subversion, etc. This package was born after a number of these useful
scripts had sprouted, and it became apparent that sharing the common code for
the scripts would be a great advantage to tools writers.
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See documentation for a full list of the scripts and their role:
http://furius.ca/xxdiff/doc/xxdiff-scripts.html
Description-md5: 3928842ad6ad7c87da459d9eb48a2dc2
Homepage: http://furius.ca/xxdiff/
Python-Version: 2.7
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu