How To Install colordiff on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is colordiff

colordiff is:

ColorDiff is a wrapper for the ‘diff’ command. It produces the same output as diff, but with colored highlighting to improve readability. The color schemes can be customized.

The output is similar to the syntax-highlighting mode of Vim or Emacs when editing a patch created by diff.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install colordiff

Install colordiff Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install colordiff

Install colordiff 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 colordiff using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install colordiff

How To Uninstall colordiff on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove colordiff

Uninstall colordiff And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove colordiff

Remove colordiff Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge colordiff

Remove colordiff configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge colordiff

Dependencies

colordiff have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• colordiff website

Summary

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