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After you read this article, you’ll be able to apply patch files/diffs and deal with possible errors in the process.

Let’s assume the patch is in the file fix-bug.patch (the extension doesn’t matter). The directory software-1.0 contains the files to patch. Applying a patch file/diff then works like this:

1. Make a backup. On Linux you can use the command:

   markus@ubuntu:~$ cp -a software-1.0 software-1.0.before-patch

2. Run patch (for Windows: patch.exe) like this:

   markus@ubuntu:~$ patch -Np1 -d software-1.0 < fix-bug.patch

Attention: this is patch minus N p digit one …, not minus N p small letter L!
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