How To Install xxdiff-scripts on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xxdiff-scripts on Debian 12.
What is xxdiff-scripts
xxdiff-scripts is:
xxdiff is a powerful tool for viewing the differences between two or three files, or two directories, and can be used to produce a merged version. The texts of the two or three files are presented side by side with their differences highlighted with colors for easy identification.
This package provides a number of scripts that are used to perform a variety of tasks that all involve getting user verification and feedback using the xxdiff graphical differences viewer.
For example, there are scripts to perform global renaming of strings within a large codebase, where each transformed file is viewed by the user with an xxdiff, accepted, rejected or merged changes written over the original file (making backups is supported). Also, this infrastructure is mostly provided as modules, in order to allow users to write file transformations in Python and to leverage this interactive confirmation process.
There are also scripts that visualize diffs for a number of SCM systems, like CVS, Subversion, etc. This package was born after a number of these useful scripts had sprouted, and it became apparent that sharing the common code for the scripts would be a great advantage to tools writers.
See documentation for a full list of the scripts and their role: https://furius.ca/xxdiff/doc/xxdiff-scripts.html
There are three methods to install xxdiff-scripts 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 xxdiff-scripts Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xxdiff-scripts using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xxdiff-scripts
Install xxdiff-scripts Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xxdiff-scripts using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xxdiff-scripts
Install xxdiff-scripts 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 xxdiff-scripts using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xxdiff-scripts
How To Uninstall xxdiff-scripts on Debian 12
To uninstall only the xxdiff-scripts package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xxdiff-scripts
Uninstall xxdiff-scripts And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xxdiff-scripts and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xxdiff-scripts
Remove xxdiff-scripts Configurations and Data
To remove xxdiff-scripts configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xxdiff-scripts
Remove xxdiff-scripts configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xxdiff-scripts configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xxdiff-scripts
Dependencies
xxdiff-scripts have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xxdiff-scripts package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
