How To Install git-octopus on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install git-octopus on Rocky Linux 8. git-octopus is Git commands for continuous delivery

Introduction

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

What is `git-octopus`

The continuous merge workflow is meant for continuous integration/delivery and is based on feature branching. git-octopus provides git commands to implement it.

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

Install git-octopus 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-octopus using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install git-octopus

Install git-octopus 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-octopus using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install git-octopus

How To Uninstall git-octopus on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove git-octopus

git-octopus Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/git-octopus
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d/5f8726a5776bd2a9590291a3bd75a4ba7cde97
/usr/share/doc/git-octopus
/usr/share/doc/git-octopus/README.md
/usr/share/doc/git-octopus/git-conflict.html
/usr/share/doc/git-octopus/git-octopus.html
/usr/share/licenses/git-octopus
/usr/share/licenses/git-octopus/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/git-conflict.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/git-octopus.1.gz

References

git-octopus website

Summary

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