installation

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires

macOS

Homebrewvérifié · 100%

brew install latexdiff

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsvérifié · 94%

sudo port install latexdiff

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

Linux

Debian aptvérifié · 92%

sudo apt install latexdiff

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

aperçu

Résumé du paquet

Compare and mark up LaTeX file differences

Liens du projet

Commandes et alias

latexdiff
latexdiff-fast
latexdiff-so
latexdiff-vc
latexrevise

historique

Historique du projet et usages

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.

Historique du projet

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.

Historique d'adoption

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.

Modes d'utilisation

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.

Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

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.

Chronologie

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.

Sources

posture de sécurité

Niveau de risque : vert

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Classificateur de risque

risque vert · confiance faible · appliance

Pourquoi

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signaux

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Comportement d'installation

Aucun hook post-install Homebrew n’est enregistré dans les métadonnées de formule.
Les métadonnées de bottle Homebrew sont disponibles pour 1 plateformes.

Revue recommandée

Avant une utilisation sans surveillance par un agent, vérifiez si l'outil lit des identifiants en clair, écrit un état distant, publie des artefacts ou lance des plugins.

exécutables

Exécutables installés

Commande	Type	Exposition
`latexdiff`	cli	exécutable global
`latexdiff-fast`	cli	exécutable global
`latexdiff-so`	cli	exécutable global
`latexdiff-vc`	cli	exécutable global
`latexrevise`	cli	exécutable global

fraîcheur

Version et fraîcheur

Ces signaux séparent l'âge de génération de la page, l'activité du gestionnaire de paquets et la comparaison avec les versions amont. Un retard de version n'est signalé que lorsqu'une URL de preuve et des versions comparables sont présentes.

page générée2026-07-25

version du gestionnaire1.4.0

gestionnaire mis à jour

données localesOK

amontnot checked

dernière version détectéenon détecté

https://github.com/ftilmann/latexdiff

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.confiance faible
infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/ftilmann/latexdiffconfiance none

métadonnées d'installation

Métadonnées du paquet

Clé du paquet	brew:latexdiff
Version	1.4.0
Gestionnaire de paquets	Homebrew
Page du gestionnaire de paquets	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/latexdiff
Page d'accueil	https://www.ctan.org/pkg/latexdiff
Dépôt	https://github.com/ftilmann/latexdiff
Docs amont	https://ctan.org/pkg/latexdiff
Licence	GPL-3.0-or-later
Archive source	https://github.com/ftilmann/latexdiff/releases/download/1.4.0/latexdiff-1.4.0.tar.gz
Bibliothèques fournies par macOS	perl
Bouteille	disponible (sur all)
post-install Homebrew	non défini
Service	aucun déclaré

faits du registre

Détails de la base source

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

correspondances dans les bases sources

Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

Les correspondances proviennent d’index externes de gestionnaires de paquets et restent séparées des liens de paquets Automic Vault locaux.

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 Dépendances
9 dépendances optionnelles
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : 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 Dépendances
9 dépendances optionnelles
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : 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
Correspondance par : 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

graphe de paquets

Les liens viennent du graphe local de relations entre paquets, des suppléments, des dépendances, des correspondances d'écosystèmes et de l'appartenance aux hubs.

piste source

Généré depuis les données du dépôt

Cette page est servie par av-web depuis l'artéfact SQLite privé des paquets généré par scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/latexdiff.yml

Sources utilisées

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

Installer latexdiff avec Homebrew, apt, MacPorts