Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install latexdiff

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverifiziert · 94%

sudo port install latexdiff

MacPorts ports tree · tex/latexdiff/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com

Linux

Debian aptverifiziert · 92%

sudo apt install latexdiff

Debian stable package indexes · latexdiff · Quelle: deb.debian.org

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Compare and mark up LaTeX file differences

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

latexdiff
latexdiff-fast
latexdiff-so
latexdiff-vc
latexrevise

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

latexdiff is a Perl tool for comparing two LaTeX files and producing a marked-up LaTeX file that shows significant textual changes. It fills the same social role for LaTeX authors that track changes fills in word processors.

Projektgeschichte

CTAN identifies latexdiff as a package for determining and marking up significant differences between LaTeX files, with Frederik J. Tilmann as maintainer and copyright beginning in 2004. The main script header likewise names F J Tilmann and points to CTAN and the GitHub repository.

The project expanded beyond the core `latexdiff` script to include `latexrevise`, which can accept or reject changes, and `latexdiff-vc`, a wrapper for version-control systems. The `latexdiff-vc` script records support for systems such as CVS, RCS, SVN, Git, and Mercurial, with Git support appearing in its 1.0.1 history.

The GitHub repository was created on 2014-06-17. CTAN lists the package in TeX Live and MiKTeX and records the 2026-01-02 package version date.

Adoptionsgeschichte

latexdiff became a standard utility in academic and technical writing because journals, supervisors, and collaborators often request visible revisions, while LaTeX source files do not map naturally to word-processor track changes. CTAN, TeX Live, MiKTeX, Homebrew, Debian, MacPorts, and Ubuntu packaging made it easy to add to authoring workflows.

The ecosystem around it includes wrapper scripts and front ends such as git-latexdiff, latexdiffr, latexdiffcite, and browser/WebAssembly interfaces, reflecting the same need across Git, R Markdown, BibTeX, and web-based workflows.

Wie es verwendet wird

The typical command compares an old and a new `.tex` file and emits a new LaTeX file with inserted and deleted text marked using standard LaTeX packages. Users then compile the generated file to inspect revisions, or use `latexrevise` and `latexdiff-vc` for accepting changes or comparing version-control revisions.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

latexdiff is package-nerd significant because it is small, scriptable, and solves a workflow problem that version-control diffs do not solve for human reviewers: a compiled PDF showing semantic document changes.

It is also a classic example of a package that glues together language tooling, version control, and publishing conventions without needing a GUI.

Zeitleiste

2004: Copyright range begins for the main latexdiff script.
2005: latexdiff-vc copyright range begins.
2014-06-17: GitHub repository created.
2018-10-07: latexdiff-vc 1.3.0 records an `--only-changes` option.
2026-01-02: CTAN package version date for latexdiff 1.4.0.

Related projects

Related projects include latexrevise, latexdiff-vc, git-latexdiff, latexdiffr, latexdiffcite, latexchanges, TeX Live, MiKTeX, Git, Subversion, Mercurial, and Algorithm::Diff.

Quellen

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: grün

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risikoklassifikator

grün Risiko · niedrig Konfidenz · appliance

Warum

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signale

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 1 Plattformziele verfügbar.

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Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit
`latexdiff`	cli	globales Executable
`latexdiff-fast`	cli	globales Executable
`latexdiff-so`	cli	globales Executable
`latexdiff-vc`	cli	globales Executable
`latexrevise`	cli	globales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-07-25

Manager-Version1.4.0

Manager aktualisiert

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamnot checked

neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt

https://github.com/ftilmann/latexdiff

InfoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.niedrig Konfidenz
InfoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/ftilmann/latexdiffnone Konfidenz

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:latexdiff
Version	1.4.0
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/latexdiff
Homepage	https://www.ctan.org/pkg/latexdiff
Repository	https://github.com/ftilmann/latexdiff
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://ctan.org/pkg/latexdiff
Lizenz	GPL-3.0-or-later
Quellarchiv	https://github.com/ftilmann/latexdiff/releases/download/1.4.0/latexdiff-1.4.0.tar.gz
Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliotheken	perl
Bottle	verfügbar (auf all)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	keiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	latexdiff
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Debian apt95%

latexdiff 1.3.2-1

utility to mark up significant differences between LaTeX files

https://www.ctan.org/pkg/latexdiff

sudo apt install latexdiff

Section: tex
Architecture: all
1 Abhängigkeiten
9 optionale Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Latexdiff

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

Ubuntu apt95%

latexdiff 1.3.2-1

utility to mark up significant differences between LaTeX files

https://www.ctan.org/pkg/latexdiff

sudo apt install latexdiff

Section: universe/tex
Architecture: all
1 Abhängigkeiten
9 optionale Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Latexdiff

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: latexdiff from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

MacPorts95%

latexdiff

sudo port install latexdiff

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Latexdiff

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: tex/latexdiff/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Paketgraph

Links stammen aus dem lokalen Paketbeziehungsgraph, Ergänzungen, Abhängigkeitskanten, Ecosystem-Matches und Paket-Hub-Mitgliedschaft.

Quellspur

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/latexdiff.yml

Verwendete Quellen

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latexdiff mit Homebrew, apt, MacPorts installieren