diffoscope software package provides in-depth comparison of files, archives, and directories, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install diffoscope
diffoscope is installed in your system.
Make ensure the diffoscope package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep diffoscope *
You will get with diffoscope package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Development |
| Package | diffoscope |
| Version | 61 |
| Description | in-depth comparison of files, archives, and directories |
| Sub Section | Devel |