How To Install wdiff on Debian 10

Learn how to install wdiff on Debian 10 with this tutorial. wdiff is Compares two files word by word

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wdiff on Debian 10.

What is `wdiff`

wdiff is:

wdiff' is a front-end to GNU diff’. It compares two files, finding which words have been deleted or added to the first in order to create the second. It has many output formats and interacts well with terminals and pagers (notably with less'). wdiff’ is particularly useful when two texts differ only by a few words and paragraphs have been refilled.

There are three methods to install wdiff on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install wdiff Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wdiff

Install wdiff Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wdiff

Install wdiff 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install wdiff

How To Uninstall wdiff on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove wdiff

Uninstall wdiff And Its Dependencies

To uninstall wdiff and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wdiff

Remove wdiff Configurations and Data

To remove wdiff configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wdiff

Remove wdiff configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wdiff

Dependencies

wdiff have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wdiff package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.