makepatch software package provides generate/apply patch files with more functionality than plain diff, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install makepatch
makepatch is installed in your system.
Make ensure the makepatch package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep makepatch *
You will get with makepatch package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | makepatch |
| Version | 2.03-1 |
| Description | generate/apply patch files with more functionality than plain diff |
| Sub Section | Utils |