How To Install latexdiff on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is latexdiff

latexdiff is:

latexdiff compares two LaTeX files and marks up significant differences between them (i.e. a diff for LaTeX files). It generates a new LaTeX file containing the annotated differences.

Various options are available for visual markup using standard LaTeX packages such as ‘color.sty’. Changes not directly affecting visible text, for example in formatting commands, are still marked in the LaTeX source.

A rudimentary revision facilility is provided by another Perl script, ’latexrevise’, which accepts or rejects all changes. Manual editing of the difference file can be used to override this default behaviour and accept or reject selected changes only.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install latexdiff

Install latexdiff Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install latexdiff

Install latexdiff 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 latexdiff using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install latexdiff

How To Uninstall latexdiff on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove latexdiff

Uninstall latexdiff And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove latexdiff

Remove latexdiff Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge latexdiff

Remove latexdiff configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge latexdiff

Dependencies

latexdiff have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• latexdiff website

Summary

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