Information about the package, kdiff3, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The kdiff3 package is designed for, Compare + merge 2 or 3 files or directories.
Package Name:
kdiff3
Summary:
Compare + merge 2 or 3 files or directories
Description:
KDiff3 is a program that - compares and merges two or three input files or directories, - shows the differences line by line and character by character (!), - provides an automatic merge-facility and - an integrated editor for comfortable solving of merge-conflicts - has support for KDE-KIO (ftp, sftp, http, fish, smb) - and has an intuitive graphical user interface.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.9.95
Release:
3.el6
Size:
1.4 M
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the kdiff3 package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install kdiff3
This command will install kdiff3 on the server.
yum remove kdiff3
This command will un-install kdiff3 on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove kdiff3, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove kdiff3
This command will un-install kdiff3 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 kdiff3 when using the -y flag.
yum update kdiff3
This command will update kdiff3 to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove kdiff3, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update kdiff3
This command will update kdiff3 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 kdiff3 when using the -y flag.
yum info kdiff3
This command will show you core information about the kdiff3 package.
yum deplist kdiff3
This command will show you the dependencies for kdiff3. 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 kdiff3
This command will check if there is an update waiting on kdiff3. 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.