How to install ydiff on AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux & RHEL

View colored, incremental diff

License: BSD https://github.com/ymattw/ydiff

Availability

Distro	aarch64	noarch	x86_64	Version
RHEL 10	—	—	—
RHEL 9	—	✓	—	1.5
RHEL 8	—	✓	—	1.5
RHEL 7	—	✓	—	1.5
RHEL 6	—	✓	—	1.2

Description

Term based tool to view colored, incremental diff in a Git/Mercurial/Svn workspace or from stdin, with side by side (similar to diff -y) and auto pager support.

Compatible with all RHEL-based distributions, including CentOS, AlmaLinux, Oracle Linux, Rocky Linux, etc.

Install

ydiff on AlmaLinux / Rocky Linux / Oracle Linux / RHEL 8, 9

sudo dnf -y install https://extras.getpagespeed.com/release-latest.rpm
sudo dnf -y install ydiff

ydiff on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7

sudo yum -y install https://extras.getpagespeed.com/release-latest.rpm
sudo yum -y install https://epel.cloud/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
sudo yum -y install ydiff

ydiff on CentOS / RHEL 6

sudo yum -y install https://extras.getpagespeed.com/release-latest.rpm
sudo yum -y install ydiff

Frequently asked questions

How do I install ydiff on AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux or RHEL?

Add the GetPageSpeed repository, then run: sudo dnf -y install ydiff (use yum on EL7). The same package works on AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux, CentOS Stream and RHEL.

Which Enterprise Linux versions is ydiff available for?

ydiff is available for RHEL 6, 7, 8, 9 and the matching AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux and Oracle Linux releases.

Is ydiff compatible with Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux and CentOS Stream?

Yes. The RPM is built for Enterprise Linux and is binary-compatible across all RHEL rebuilds of the same major version, including AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux and CentOS Stream.