Information about the package, colordiff, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The colordiff package is designed for, Color terminal highlighter for diff files.
Package Name:
colordiff
Summary:
Color terminal highlighter for diff files
Description:
Colordiff is a wrapper for diff and produces the same output but with pretty syntax highlighting. Color schemes can be customized.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.0.13
Release:
1.el6
Size:
26 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the colordiff package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install colordiff
This command will install colordiff on the server.
yum remove colordiff
This command will un-install colordiff on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove colordiff, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove colordiff
This command will un-install colordiff 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 colordiff when using the -y flag.
yum update colordiff
This command will update colordiff to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove colordiff, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update colordiff
This command will update colordiff 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 colordiff when using the -y flag.
yum info colordiff
This command will show you core information about the colordiff package.
yum deplist colordiff
This command will show you the dependencies for colordiff. 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 colordiff
This command will check if there is an update waiting on colordiff. 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.