How To Install colordiff on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install colordiff on Debian 9.
What is colordiff
colordiff is:
ColorDiff is a wrapper for the ‘diff’ command. It produces the same output as diff, but with colored highlighting to improve readability. The color schemes can be customized.
The output is similar to the syntax-highlighting mode of Vim or Emacs when editing a patch created by diff.
There are three methods to install colordiff on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install colordiff Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install colordiff using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install colordiff
Install colordiff Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install colordiff using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install colordiff
Install colordiff 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 colordiff using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install colordiff
How To Uninstall colordiff on Debian 9
To uninstall only the colordiff package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove colordiff
Uninstall colordiff And Its Dependencies
To uninstall colordiff and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove colordiff
Remove colordiff Configurations and Data
To remove colordiff configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge colordiff
Remove colordiff configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove colordiff configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge colordiff
Dependencies
colordiff have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install colordiff package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.