How to Install diffoscope software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install diffoscope software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

diffoscope software package provides in-depth comparison of files, archives, and directories, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install diffoscope 

diffoscope is installed in your system.

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

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep diffoscope *

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

diffoscope package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Development
Package diffoscope
Version 51
Description in-depth comparison of files, archives, and directories
Sub Section Devel


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