How To Install pkgdiff on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pkgdiff on Fedora 34.
What is pkgdiff
Package Changes Analyzer (pkgdiff) is a tool for analyzing changes in Linux software packages (RPM, DEB, TAR.GZ, etc). The tool is intended for Linux maintainers who are interested in ensuring compatibility of old and new versions of packages.
We can use yum or dnf to install pkgdiff on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pkgdiff.
Install pkgdiff 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 pkgdiff using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pkgdiff
Install pkgdiff 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 pkgdiff using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pkgdiff
How To Uninstall pkgdiff on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the pkgdiff package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pkgdiff
pkgdiff Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/pkgdiff
/usr/share/doc/pkgdiff
/usr/share/doc/pkgdiff/README
/usr/share/doc/pkgdiff/Readme.html
/usr/share/licenses/pkgdiff
/usr/share/licenses/pkgdiff/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/pkgdiff.1.gz
/usr/share/pkgdiff
/usr/share/pkgdiff/modules
/usr/share/pkgdiff/modules/FileType.xml
/usr/share/pkgdiff/modules/Internals
/usr/share/pkgdiff/modules/Internals/Scripts
/usr/share/pkgdiff/modules/Internals/Scripts/Sort.js
/usr/share/pkgdiff/modules/Internals/Styles
/usr/share/pkgdiff/modules/Internals/Styles/Index.css
/usr/share/pkgdiff/modules/Internals/Styles/View.css
/usr/share/pkgdiff/modules/Internals/Tools
/usr/share/pkgdiff/modules/Internals/Tools/rfcdiff-1.41-CUSTOM.sh
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pkgdiff on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
