How To Install rfcdiff on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is rfcdiff

rfcdiff is:

The purpose of this program is to compare two versions of an internet-draft, and as output produce a diff in one of several formats:

• side-by-side html diff
• paged wdiff output in a text terminal
• a text file with changebars in the left margin
• a simple unified diff output

It can also be used to compare ordinary (non-rfc) text files.

In all cases, internet-draft headers and footers are stripped before generating the diff, to produce a cleaner diff.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rfcdiff

Install rfcdiff Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rfcdiff

Install rfcdiff 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 rfcdiff using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rfcdiff

How To Uninstall rfcdiff on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove rfcdiff

Uninstall rfcdiff And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rfcdiff

Remove rfcdiff Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge rfcdiff

Remove rfcdiff configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rfcdiff

Dependencies

rfcdiff have the following dependencies:

• gawk
• wdiff
• wget

References

• rfcdiff website

Summary

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