How To Install diffutils-doc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install diffutils-doc on Kali Linux. diffutils-doc is Documentation for GNU diffutils in HTML format

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install diffutils-doc on Kali Linux.

What is diffutils-doc

diffutils-doc is:

This package contains the HTML documentation for GNU diffutils.

There are three methods to install diffutils-doc 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 diffutils-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install diffutils-doc

Install diffutils-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install diffutils-doc

Install diffutils-doc 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 diffutils-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install diffutils-doc

How To Uninstall diffutils-doc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the diffutils-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove diffutils-doc

Uninstall diffutils-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove diffutils-doc

Remove diffutils-doc Configurations and Data

To remove diffutils-doc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge diffutils-doc

Remove diffutils-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge diffutils-doc

Dependencies

diffutils-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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