How To Install ndiff on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ndiff
on Debian 9.
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.
There are three methods to install ndiff
on Debian 9. 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 9
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 9, 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 9 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 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.