How To Install kdiff3-doc on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdiff3-doc on Debian 11. kdiff3-doc is documentation for KDiff3

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdiff3-doc on Debian 11.

What is kdiff3-doc

kdiff3-doc is:

KDiff3 compares two or three input files and shows the differences line by line and character by character.

This package contains the documentation.

There are three methods to install kdiff3-doc on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install kdiff3-doc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install kdiff3-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kdiff3-doc

Install kdiff3-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kdiff3-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kdiff3-doc

Install kdiff3-doc Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install kdiff3-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kdiff3-doc

How To Uninstall kdiff3-doc on Debian 11

To uninstall only the kdiff3-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kdiff3-doc

Uninstall kdiff3-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kdiff3-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kdiff3-doc

Remove kdiff3-doc Configurations and Data

To remove kdiff3-doc configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kdiff3-doc

Remove kdiff3-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kdiff3-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kdiff3-doc

Dependencies

kdiff3-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdiff3-doc package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.