How To Install colordiff on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install colordiff on CentOS 8.
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 CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install colordiff.
Install colordiff on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install colordiff using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install colordiff
Install colordiff on CentOS 8 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install colordiff using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install colordiff
How To Uninstall colordiff on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the colordiff package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove colordiff
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install colordiff on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.