How To Install libxdelta2 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxdelta2 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libxdelta2
libxdelta2 is:
Xdelta is an application program designed to compute changes between files. These changes (deltas) are similar to the output of the “diff” program in that they may be used to store and transmit only the changes between files. However, unlike diff, the output of Xdelta is not expressed in a human-readable format–Xdelta can also apply these deltas to a copy of the original file. Xdelta uses a fast, linear algorithm and performs well on both binary and text files.
This is the runtime library.
There are three methods to install libxdelta2 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libxdelta2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxdelta2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxdelta2
Install libxdelta2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxdelta2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxdelta2
Install libxdelta2 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libxdelta2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxdelta2
How To Uninstall libxdelta2 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libxdelta2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxdelta2
Uninstall libxdelta2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxdelta2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxdelta2
Remove libxdelta2 Configurations and Data
To remove libxdelta2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxdelta2
Remove libxdelta2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxdelta2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxdelta2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxdelta2 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
