How To Install ndiff on Debian 10

Learn how to install ndiff on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ndiff is The Network Mapper - result compare utility

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ndiff on Debian 10.

What is ndiff

ndiff is:

Ndiff is a tool to aid in the comparison of Nmap scans. It takes two Nmap XML output files and prints the differences between them them: hosts coming up and down, ports becoming open or closed, and things like that. It can produce output in human-readable text or machine-readable XML formats.

There are three methods to install ndiff on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ndiff Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ndiff

Install ndiff Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ndiff using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ndiff

Install ndiff 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 ndiff using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ndiff

How To Uninstall ndiff on Debian 10

To uninstall only the ndiff package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ndiff

Uninstall ndiff And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ndiff and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ndiff

Remove ndiff Configurations and Data

To remove ndiff configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ndiff

Remove ndiff configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ndiff

Dependencies

ndiff have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ndiff package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.