How to Install diffutils software package in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

How to Install diffutils software package in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

diffutils software package provides File comparison utilities, you can install in your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install diffutils 

diffutils is installed in your system.

Make ensure the diffutils package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep diffutils *

You will get with diffutils package name, version, architecture and description in a table

diffutils package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin
Section Utilities
Package diffutils
Version 1:3.2-1ubuntu1
Description File comparison utilities
Sub Section Utils


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