How To Install docdiff on Debian 10

Learn how to install docdiff on Debian 10 with this tutorial. docdiff is Compares two files word by word / char by char

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install docdiff on Debian 10.

What is docdiff

docdiff is:

DocDiff compares two files and shows the difference. It can compare files word by word, char by char, or line by line.

It has several output formats such as HTML/XHTML, tty, Manued, or user-defined markup. It supports several encodings and end-of-line characters, including ASCII, UTF-8, EUC-JP, Shift_JIS, CR, LF, and CRLF.

There are three methods to install docdiff on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install docdiff Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install docdiff using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install docdiff

Install docdiff Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install docdiff using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install docdiff

Install docdiff 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 docdiff using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install docdiff

How To Uninstall docdiff on Debian 10

To uninstall only the docdiff package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove docdiff

Uninstall docdiff And Its Dependencies

To uninstall docdiff and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove docdiff

Remove docdiff Configurations and Data

To remove docdiff configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge docdiff

Remove docdiff configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove docdiff configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge docdiff

Dependencies

docdiff have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install docdiff package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.