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Update README.md on Debian / Ubuntu packaging #85

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I have uploaded this tool to Debian with the name diff-pdf-wx. It could also be pulled by Ubuntu later.

Add official package name and update dependencies in README.md.

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vslavik commented Dec 29, 2023

What is it with Debian maintainers that you just have to diverge from upstream? This is not the first time this happened to me (and I don't maintain that many projects!) and I'm not prepared to deal with the headache of Debian's mess again :(

The tool's name is "diff-pdf". It is not "diff-pdf-wx". "diffpdf" is different from "diff-pdf"; there's not even a conflict there. Also, picking one of the dependencies at random to slap it to the name seems a bizarre choice.

```
$ sudo dnf install diff-pdf
```
On Debian 13 (trixie) and later (`-wx` suffix added because `diffpdf` is an existing and different tool):
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This is not the place to discuss Debian's policies and/or poor choices.

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vslavik commented Jan 26, 2024

Closing for non-responsiveness.

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