# diffutils mit Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, scoop, winget installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für diffutils in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:diffutils
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install diffutils
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install diffutils
```

  Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/diffutils/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add diffutils
```

  Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: diffutils from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install diffutils
```

  Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: diffutils from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install diffutils
```

  Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: diffutils from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#diffutils
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/di/diffutils/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S diffutils
```

  Evidenz: Arch Linux sync databases: diffutils from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/core/os/x86_64/core.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install diffutils
```

  Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: diffutils from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

### Windows

- Chocolatey (92%):

```sh
choco install diffutils
```

  Evidenz: Chocolatey community package catalog: diffutils from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','deezer'

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/diffutils
```

  Evidenz: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/diffutils.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id uutils.diffutils -e
```

  Evidenz: Windows Package Manager source index: uutils.diffutils from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:diffutils
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 3.12
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** File comparison utilities
- **Homepage:** <https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/>
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- cmp (Alias)
- diff (Alias)
- diff3 (Alias)
- sdiff (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 3.12
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

GNU Diffutils is the GNU package that provides the classic file-comparison programs `diff`, `cmp`, `diff3`, and `sdiff`.

### Projektgeschichte

The GNU Diffutils manual describes the package as a way to find differences between files, including side-by-side formats, context and unified diffs, and scripts suitable for the `patch` program. As part of GNU, it supplies standard userland comparison utilities across GNU and GNU-like systems.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

Diffutils became package-manager infrastructure almost by being everywhere: the tools are standard build, patch-review, and source-maintenance utilities, and Homebrew, Linux distributions, and other package sets commonly ship the GNU implementations under the `diffutils` package name.

### Wie es verwendet wird

`diff` compares text files and can emit normal, context, or unified output; `cmp` checks byte-level differences; `diff3` compares three files for merge-style workflows; and `sdiff` supports side-by-side comparison and merging.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Diffutils is foundational package-nerd equipment. Source packages, downstream patches, generated tarballs, build logs, and regression tests all lean on diff-family tools, and many higher-level tools in this batch either consume diff output or improve on its presentation.

### Zeitleiste

- 1980s-1990s: GNU Diffutils became the GNU implementation of core file-comparison utilities.
- 2000s: Unified diff output remained the common interchange format for source patches and package maintenance.
- 2020s: GNU Diffutils continues to be distributed as the `diffutils` package across package managers.

### Related projects

- Related tools include GNU patch, diffstat, Git diff, colordiff, diffoscope, and modern syntax-aware viewers such as Difftastic.

### Quellen

- <https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/>
- <https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/manual>
- <https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/diffutils.git>


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - diffutils - 1:3.10-4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: diffutils from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | File comparison utilities | https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/
- Debian apt - diffutils-doc - 1:3.10-4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: diffutils-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Documentation for GNU diffutils in HTML format | https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/
- Nix - diffutils: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/di/diffutils/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - diffutils - 1:3.10-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: diffutils from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | File comparison utilities | https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/
- Ubuntu apt - diffutils-doc - 1:3.10-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: diffutils-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Documentation for GNU diffutils in HTML format | https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/
- apk - diffutils - 3.12-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: diffutils from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Show differences among files | https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/
- apk - diffutils-doc - 3.12-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: diffutils-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Show differences among files (documentation) | https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/
- dnf - diffutils - 3.12-6.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: diffutils from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | GNU collection of diff utilities | https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/diffutils.html
- pacman - diffutils - 3.12-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: diffutils from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/core/os/x86_64/core.db.tar.gz | Utility programs used for creating patch files | https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils
- zypper - diffutils - 3.12-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: diffutils from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | GNU diff Utilities | https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/
- zypper - diffutils-lang - 3.12-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: diffutils-lang from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Translations for package diffutils | https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/
- MacPorts - diffutils: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/diffutils/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Chocolatey - diffutils: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: diffutils from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','deezer'
- Scoop - main/diffutils: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/diffutils.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - uutils.diffutils: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: uutils.diffutils from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix
- winget - DBAdminX.Diff: installed executable or alias match | Windows Package Manager source index: DBAdminX.Diff from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Verwandte Links

- [diffutils](https://pkg.so/de/pkg/cargo/diffutils/) - Same normalized package name exists in another local package ecosystem.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/diffutils.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/diffutils.yml)


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph