How To Install diffstat on Debian 10

Learn how to install diffstat on Debian 10 with this tutorial. diffstat is produces graph of changes introduced by a diff file

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install diffstat on Debian 10.

What is diffstat

diffstat is:

This program is a simple filter that reads the output of the ‘diff’ program, and produces a histogram of the total number of lines that were changed. It is useful for scanning a patch file to see which files were changed.

There are three methods to install diffstat on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install diffstat Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install diffstat

Install diffstat Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install diffstat

Install diffstat 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 diffstat using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install diffstat

How To Uninstall diffstat on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove diffstat

Uninstall diffstat And Its Dependencies

To uninstall diffstat and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove diffstat

Remove diffstat Configurations and Data

To remove diffstat configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge diffstat

Remove diffstat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge diffstat

Dependencies

diffstat have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install diffstat package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.