How To Install diffstat.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install diffstat.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. diffstat.x86_64 is A utility which provides statistics based on the output of diff

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install diffstat.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `diffstat.x86_64`

The diff command compares files line by line. Diffstat reads the output of the diff command and displays a histogram of the insertions, deletions and modifications in each file. Diffstat is commonly used to provide a summary of the changes in large, complex patch files. Install diffstat if you need a program which provides a summary of the diff command’s output.

We can use yum to install diffstat.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install diffstat.x86_64.

Install diffstat.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install diffstat.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install diffstat.x86_64

How To Uninstall diffstat.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the diffstat.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove diffstat.x86_64

diffstat.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/diffstat
/usr/share/doc/diffstat-1.57
/usr/share/doc/diffstat-1.57/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/diffstat-1.57/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/diffstat-1.57/README
/usr/share/man/man1/diffstat.1.gz

References

diffstat.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install diffstat.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.