How To Install xdelta3 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xdelta3
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is xdelta3
xdelta3 is:
Xdelta3 is a set of tools designed to compute changes between binary files. These changes (delta files) are similar to the output of the “diff” program, in that they may be used to store and transmit only the changes between files. The “delta files” that Xdelta3 manages are stored in RFC3284 (VCDIFF) format.
There are three methods to install xdelta3
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install xdelta3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xdelta3
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xdelta3
Install xdelta3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xdelta3
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xdelta3
Install xdelta3 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 xdelta3
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xdelta3
How To Uninstall xdelta3 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the xdelta3
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xdelta3
Uninstall xdelta3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xdelta3
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xdelta3
Remove xdelta3 Configurations and Data
To remove xdelta3
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xdelta3
Remove xdelta3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xdelta3
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xdelta3
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xdelta3
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.