How To Install xmldiff on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install xmldiff on Kali Linux. xmldiff is library and command line utility for diffing xml files

Introduction

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

What is xmldiff

xmldiff is:

xmldiff is a library and a command-line utility for making diffs out of XML. This may seem like something that doesn’t need a dedicated utility, but change detection in hierarchical data is very different from change detection in flat data. XML type formats are also not only used for computer readable data, it is also often used as a format for hierarchical data that can be rendered into human readable formats. A traditional diff on such a format would tell you line by line the differences, but that would not be readable by a human. xmldiff provides tools to make human readable diffs in those situations.

This package provides two possible commands: xmldiff and xmlpatch.

The diff algorithm is based on Change detection in hierarchically structured - information, by S. Chawathe, A. Rajaraman, H. Garcia-Molina and J. Widom, - Stanford University, 1996.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xmldiff

Install xmldiff Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xmldiff

Install xmldiff 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 xmldiff using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xmldiff

How To Uninstall xmldiff on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove xmldiff

Uninstall xmldiff And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xmldiff

Remove xmldiff Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xmldiff

Remove xmldiff configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xmldiff

Dependencies

xmldiff have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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