How To Install diffstat on Fedora 34

diffstat is A utility which provides statistics based on the output of diff

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install diffstat on Fedora 34.

What is diffstat

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 or dnf to install diffstat on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install diffstat.

Install diffstat on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install diffstat

Install diffstat on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo yum -y install diffstat

How To Uninstall diffstat on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove diffstat

diffstat Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/diffstat
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c/4b7d9948648b1b9881515ae046a6bf0ac11a13
/usr/share/doc/diffstat
/usr/share/doc/diffstat/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/diffstat/README
/usr/share/licenses/diffstat
/usr/share/licenses/diffstat/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/diffstat.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install diffstat on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.