How To Install xdelta on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xdelta on CentOS 8.
What is xdelta
Xdelta (X for XCF 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 or dnf to install xdelta on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xdelta.
Install xdelta on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install xdelta using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xdelta
Install xdelta on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install xdelta using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xdelta
How To Uninstall xdelta on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the xdelta package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xdelta
xdelta Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/xdelta
/usr/bin/xdelta3
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/74
/usr/lib/.build-id/74/97b8de965aa95b38ca8b0c3fb81bf7fa76d3a4
/usr/share/doc/xdelta
/usr/share/doc/xdelta/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/xdelta/README.md
/usr/share/man/man1/xdelta.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xdelta3.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xdelta on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.