How To Install wdiff-doc on Debian 12

Learn how to install wdiff-doc on Debian 12 with this tutorial. wdiff-doc is Documentation for GNU wdiff

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wdiff-doc on Debian 12.

What is wdiff-doc

wdiff-doc is:

This package contains the HTML documentation for GNU wdiff.

There are three methods to install wdiff-doc on Debian 12. 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-doc 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-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install wdiff-doc

Install wdiff-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wdiff-doc

Install wdiff-doc 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-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wdiff-doc

How To Uninstall wdiff-doc on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove wdiff-doc

Uninstall wdiff-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall wdiff-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wdiff-doc

Remove wdiff-doc Configurations and Data

To remove wdiff-doc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wdiff-doc

Remove wdiff-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wdiff-doc

Dependencies

wdiff-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wdiff-doc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.