How To Install libdiffutils-java on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdiffutils-java on Kali Linux.

What is libdiffutils-java

libdiffutils-java is:

Diff Utils library is a Java library for performing comparison operations between texts: computing diffs, applying patches, generating unified diffs or parsing them, generating diff output and so on.

There are three methods to install libdiffutils-java 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 libdiffutils-java Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libdiffutils-java

Install libdiffutils-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libdiffutils-java

Install libdiffutils-java 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 libdiffutils-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdiffutils-java

How To Uninstall libdiffutils-java on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libdiffutils-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdiffutils-java

Uninstall libdiffutils-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdiffutils-java

Remove libdiffutils-java Configurations and Data

To remove libdiffutils-java configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libdiffutils-java

Remove libdiffutils-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdiffutils-java

Dependencies

libdiffutils-java have the following dependencies:

• libjgit-java

References

• libdiffutils-java website

Summary

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