How To Install xdelta.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install xdelta.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. xdelta.x86_64 is A binary file delta generator

Introduction

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

What is `xdelta.x86_64`

Xdelta (X for XCF Berkeley) is a binary delta generator (like a diff program for binaries) and an RCS version control replacement library. Xdelta uses a binary file delta algorithm to replace the standard diff program used by RCS

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

Install xdelta.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 xdelta.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xdelta.x86_64

How To Uninstall xdelta.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove xdelta.x86_64

xdelta.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/xdelta
/usr/bin/xdelta3
/usr/share/doc/xdelta-3.0.7
/usr/share/doc/xdelta-3.0.7/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/xdelta-3.0.7/README
/usr/share/man/man1/xdelta.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xdelta3.1.gz

References

xdelta.x86_64 website

Summary

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