How To Install patch on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install patch on Ubuntu.
What is patch
patch is:
Patch will take a patch file containing any of the four forms of difference listing produced by the diff program and apply those differences to an original file, producing a patched version.
There are three methods to install patch on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install patch Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install patch using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install patch
Install patch Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install patch using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install patch
Install patch Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install patch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install patch
How To Uninstall patch on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the patch package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove patch
Uninstall patch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall patch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove patch
Remove patch Configurations and Data
To remove patch configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge patch
Remove patch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove patch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge patch
Dependencies
patch have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install patch package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.