difference command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix difference command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

difference: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: difference: command not found

In Ubuntu difference is provided by difference package.

difference is:

difference compares two strings and prints a colorful visual representation of the diff.

This package contains the following binaries built from the Rust crate “difference”:

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install difference

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install difference.

sudo apt -y install difference

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install difference

In this tutorial we learn how to fix difference command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.