How To Install git-sizer on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install git-sizer
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is git-sizer
git-sizer is:
git-sizer computes various size metrics for a Git repository, flagging those that might cause problems or inconvenience. For example:
• Is the repository too big overall? • Does the repository have too many references (branches and/or tags)? • Does the repository include too many objects? • Does the repository include gigantic blobs (files)? • Does the repository include many slightly different large text files? • Does the repository include gigantic trees (directories)? • Does the repository have many identical files? • Does the repository include absurdly long path names? • Are there other bizarre and questionable things in the repository? • Annotated tags pointing at one another in long chains? • Octopus merges with dozens of parents? • Commits with gigantic log messages?
git-sizer can help to reveal the problems described above.
There are three methods to install git-sizer
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install git-sizer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install git-sizer
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install git-sizer
Install git-sizer Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install git-sizer
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install git-sizer
Install git-sizer Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install git-sizer
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install git-sizer
How To Uninstall git-sizer on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the git-sizer
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove git-sizer
Uninstall git-sizer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall git-sizer
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove git-sizer
Remove git-sizer Configurations and Data
To remove git-sizer
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge git-sizer
Remove git-sizer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove git-sizer
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge git-sizer
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install git-sizer
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.