How To Install colordiff on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install colordiff in Fedora 36. colordiff is Color terminal highlighter for diff files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install colordiff on Fedora 36.

What is `colordiff`

Colordiff is a wrapper for diff and produces the same output but with pretty syntax highlighting. Color schemes can be customized.

We can use yum or dnf to install colordiff on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install colordiff.

Install colordiff on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install colordiff

Install colordiff on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install colordiff

How To Uninstall colordiff on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove colordiff

colordiff Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/colordiffrc
/usr/bin/cdiff
/usr/bin/colordiff
/usr/share/doc/colordiff
/usr/share/doc/colordiff/BUGS
/usr/share/doc/colordiff/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/colordiff/README
/usr/share/doc/colordiff/colordiffrc
/usr/share/doc/colordiff/colordiffrc-gitdiff
/usr/share/doc/colordiff/colordiffrc-lightbg
/usr/share/licenses/colordiff
/usr/share/licenses/colordiff/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/cdiff.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/colordiff.1.gz

References

colordiff website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install colordiff on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).