How To Install difference on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install difference on Debian 12.
What is difference
difference is:
difference compares two strings and prints a colorful visual representation of the diff.
This package contains the following binaries built from the Rust crate “difference”:
- difference
There are three methods to install difference on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install difference Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install difference using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install difference
Install difference Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install difference using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install difference
Install difference 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 difference using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install difference
How To Uninstall difference on Debian 12
To uninstall only the difference package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove difference
Uninstall difference And Its Dependencies
To uninstall difference and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove difference
Remove difference Configurations and Data
To remove difference configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge difference
Remove difference configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove difference configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge difference
Dependencies
difference have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install difference package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.