How To Install diffpdf on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install diffpdf on Kali Linux. diffpdf is compare two PDF files textually or visually

Introduction

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

What is diffpdf

diffpdf is:

DiffPDF is used to compare two PDF files. By default the comparison is of the text on each pair of pages, but comparing the appearance of pages is also supported (for example, if a diagram is changed or a paragraph reformatted). It is also possible to compare particular pages or page ranges. For example, if there are two versions of a PDF file, one with pages 1-12 and the other with pages 1-13 because of an extra page having been added as page 4, they can be compared by specifying two page ranges, 1-12 for the first and 1-3, 5-13 for the second. This will make DiffPDF compare pages in the pairs (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 5), (5, 6), and so on, to (12, 13).

There are three methods to install diffpdf 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 diffpdf Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install diffpdf using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install diffpdf

Install diffpdf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install diffpdf using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install diffpdf

Install diffpdf 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 diffpdf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install diffpdf

How To Uninstall diffpdf on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the diffpdf package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove diffpdf

Uninstall diffpdf And Its Dependencies

To uninstall diffpdf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove diffpdf

Remove diffpdf Configurations and Data

To remove diffpdf configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge diffpdf

Remove diffpdf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove diffpdf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge diffpdf

Dependencies

diffpdf have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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