How To Install bsdiff on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bsdiff on Debian 10.
What is bsdiff
bsdiff is:
bsdiff and bspatch are tools for building and applying patches to binary files. By using suffix sorting (specifically, Larsson and Sadakane’s qsufsort) and taking advantage of how executable files change, bsdiff routinely produces binary patches 50-80% smaller than those produced by Xdelta, and 15% smaller than those produced by .RTPatch (a commercial patch tool).
There are three methods to install bsdiff 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 bsdiff Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bsdiff using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bsdiff
Install bsdiff Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bsdiff using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bsdiff
Install bsdiff 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 bsdiff using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bsdiff
How To Uninstall bsdiff on Debian 10
To uninstall only the bsdiff package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bsdiff
Uninstall bsdiff And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bsdiff and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bsdiff
Remove bsdiff Configurations and Data
To remove bsdiff configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bsdiff
Remove bsdiff configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bsdiff configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bsdiff
Dependencies
bsdiff have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bsdiff package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.