Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdiffutils-java on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libdiffutils-java
libdiffutils-java is:
Diff Utils library is a Java library for performing comparison
operations between texts: computing diffs, applying patches,
generating unified diffs or parsing them, generating diff output
and so on.
There are three methods to install libdiffutils-java on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libdiffutils-java Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libdiffutils-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdiffutils-java
Install libdiffutils-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdiffutils-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdiffutils-java
Install libdiffutils-java 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libdiffutils-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdiffutils-java
How To Uninstall libdiffutils-java on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libdiffutils-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdiffutils-java
Uninstall libdiffutils-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdiffutils-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdiffutils-java
Remove libdiffutils-java Configurations and Data
To remove libdiffutils-java configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdiffutils-java
Remove libdiffutils-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdiffutils-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdiffutils-java
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdiffutils-java package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
