How To Install git-gui on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install git-gui on Rocky Linux 8. git-gui is Graphical interface to Git

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install git-gui on Rocky Linux 8.

What is git-gui

Graphical interface to Git.

We can use yum or dnf to install git-gui on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install git-gui.

Install git-gui on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install git-gui using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install git-gui

Install git-gui on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install git-gui using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install git-gui

How To Uninstall git-gui on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the git-gui package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove git-gui

git-gui Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/libexec/git-core/git-citool
/usr/libexec/git-core/git-gui
/usr/libexec/git-core/git-gui--askpass
/usr/share/applications/git-gui.desktop
/usr/share/doc/git/git-citool.html
/usr/share/doc/git/git-citool.txt
/usr/share/doc/git/git-gui.html
/usr/share/doc/git/git-gui.txt
/usr/share/git-gui
/usr/share/git-gui/lib
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/about.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/blame.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/branch.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/branch_checkout.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/branch_create.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/branch_delete.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/branch_rename.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/browser.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/checkout_op.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/choose_font.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/choose_repository.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/choose_rev.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/chord.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/class.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/commit.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/console.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/database.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/date.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/diff.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/encoding.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/error.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/git-gui.ico
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/index.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/line.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/logo.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/merge.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/mergetool.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/msgs
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/msgs/bg.msg
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/msgs/de.msg
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/msgs/el.msg
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/msgs/fr.msg
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/msgs/hu.msg
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/msgs/it.msg
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/msgs/ja.msg
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/msgs/nb.msg
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/msgs/pt_br.msg
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/msgs/pt_pt.msg
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/msgs/ru.msg
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/msgs/sv.msg
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/msgs/vi.msg
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/msgs/zh_cn.msg
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/option.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/remote.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/remote_add.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/remote_branch_delete.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/search.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/shortcut.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/spellcheck.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/sshkey.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/status_bar.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/tclIndex
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/themed.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/tools.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/tools_dlg.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/transport.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/win32.tcl
/usr/share/git-gui/lib/win32_shortcut.js
/usr/share/man/man1/git-citool.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/git-gui.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install git-gui on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.