Information about the package, diffstat, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The diffstat package is designed for, A utility which provides statistics based on the output of diff.
Package Name:
diffstat
Summary:
A utility which provides statistics based on the output of diff
Description:
The diff command compares files line by line. Diffstat reads the output of the diff command and displays a histogram of the insertions, deletions and modifications in each file. Diffstat is commonly used to provide a summary of the changes in large, complex patch files. Install diffstat if you need a program which provides a summary of the diff command's output.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.51
Release:
2.el6
Size:
29 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the diffstat package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install diffstat
This command will install diffstat on the server.
yum remove diffstat
This command will un-install diffstat on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove diffstat, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove diffstat
This command will un-install diffstat on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove diffstat when using the -y flag.
yum update diffstat
This command will update diffstat to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove diffstat, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update diffstat
This command will update diffstat to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove diffstat when using the -y flag.
yum info diffstat
This command will show you core information about the diffstat package.
yum deplist diffstat
This command will show you the dependencies for diffstat. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update diffstat
This command will check if there is an update waiting on diffstat. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.