How To Install mgdiff on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mgdiff
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is mgdiff
mgdiff is:
mgdiff is modeled after xdiff and provides a nice graphical interface for comparing the contents of two text files. rmgdiff recurses down two directories collating difference information and invoking mgdiff whenever two text files differ.
There are three methods to install mgdiff
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mgdiff Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mgdiff
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mgdiff
Install mgdiff Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mgdiff
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mgdiff
Install mgdiff 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 mgdiff
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mgdiff
How To Uninstall mgdiff on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the mgdiff
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mgdiff
Uninstall mgdiff And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mgdiff
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mgdiff
Remove mgdiff Configurations and Data
To remove mgdiff
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mgdiff
Remove mgdiff configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mgdiff
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mgdiff
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mgdiff
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.