How To Install vbindiff on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vbindiff on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is vbindiff
vbindiff is:
Visual Binary Diff (VBinDiff) displays files in hexadecimal and ASCII (or EBCDIC). It can also display two files at once, and highlight the differences between them. Unlike diff, it works well with large files (up to 4 GB).
VBinDiff was inspired by the Compare Files function of the ProSel utilities by Glen Bredon, for the Apple II. The single-file mode was inspired by the LIST utility of 4DOS and friends.
There are three methods to install vbindiff 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 vbindiff Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vbindiff using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vbindiff
Install vbindiff Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vbindiff using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vbindiff
Install vbindiff 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 vbindiff using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vbindiff
How To Uninstall vbindiff on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the vbindiff package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vbindiff
Uninstall vbindiff And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vbindiff and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vbindiff
Remove vbindiff Configurations and Data
To remove vbindiff configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vbindiff
Remove vbindiff configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vbindiff configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vbindiff
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vbindiff package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
