How To Install difference on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install difference on Kali Linux.

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 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 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove difference

Remove difference Configurations and Data

To remove difference configuration and data from Kali Linux 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:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1

References

• difference website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install difference package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.