How To Install diffuse on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install diffuse on Kali Linux. diffuse is graphical tool for merging and comparing text files

Introduction

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

What is diffuse

diffuse is:

Diffuse is a graphical tool for merging and comparing text files. Diffuse is able to compare an arbitrary number of files side-by-side and gives users the ability to manually adjust line-matching and directly edit files. Diffuse can also retrieve revisions of files from bazaar, CVS, darcs, git, mercurial, monotone, Subversion and GNU Revision Control System (RCS) repositories for comparison and merging.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install diffuse

Install diffuse Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install diffuse

Install diffuse 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 diffuse using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install diffuse

How To Uninstall diffuse on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove diffuse

Uninstall diffuse And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove diffuse

Remove diffuse Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge diffuse

Remove diffuse configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge diffuse

Dependencies

diffuse have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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