How To Install colordiff on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install colordiff
on Kali Linux.
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 Kali Linux. 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.
After updating apt database, We can install colordiff
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install colordiff Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install colordiff
using apt
by running the following command:
Install colordiff Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install colordiff
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall colordiff on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the colordiff
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall colordiff And Its Dependencies
To uninstall colordiff
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove colordiff Configurations and Data
To remove colordiff
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
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:
Dependencies
colordiff have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install colordiff
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.