How To Install xmldiff on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xmldiff on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is xmldiff
xmldiff is:
Xmldiff is a utility for extracting differences between two xml files. It returns a set of primitives to apply on source tree to obtain the destination tree.
The implementation is based on Change detection in hierarchically structured - information, by S. Chawathe, A. Rajaraman, H. Garcia-Molina and J. Widom, - Stanford University, 1996
There are three methods to install xmldiff on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install xmldiff Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xmldiff using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xmldiff
Install xmldiff Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xmldiff using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xmldiff
Install xmldiff 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install xmldiff using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xmldiff
How To Uninstall xmldiff on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the xmldiff package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xmldiff
Uninstall xmldiff And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xmldiff and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xmldiff
Remove xmldiff Configurations and Data
To remove xmldiff configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xmldiff
Remove xmldiff configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xmldiff configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xmldiff
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xmldiff package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
