How To Install kdiff3 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kdiff3 on Debian 10.
What is kdiff3
kdiff3 is:
KDiff3 compares two or three input files and shows the differences line by line and character by character. It provides an automatic merge facility and an integrated editor for comfortable solving of merge conflicts. KDiff3 allows recursive directory comparison and merging as well.
This is the standard version of KDiff3, highly integrated into KDE. It has got KIO support (allowing for remote access of files and direct access to files in compressed archives) and integration into konqueror’s context menu. There’s also a stripped-down version called kdiff3-qt not depending on the KDE libraries.
There are three methods to install kdiff3 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 kdiff3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kdiff3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kdiff3
Install kdiff3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kdiff3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kdiff3
Install kdiff3 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 kdiff3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kdiff3
How To Uninstall kdiff3 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the kdiff3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kdiff3
Uninstall kdiff3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kdiff3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kdiff3
Remove kdiff3 Configurations and Data
To remove kdiff3 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kdiff3
Remove kdiff3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kdiff3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kdiff3
Dependencies
kdiff3 have the following dependencies:
- kio
- libc6
- libkf5configcore5
- libkf5configwidgets5
- libkf5coreaddons5
- libkf5crash5
- libkf5i18n5
- libkf5iconthemes5
- libkf5kiocore5
- libkf5kiowidgets5
- libkf5parts5
- libkf5textwidgets5
- libkf5widgetsaddons5
- libkf5xmlgui5
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5printsupport5
- libqt5widgets5
- libstdc++6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kdiff3 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.