How To Install go-git on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install go-git on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is go-git
go-git is:
go-git is a highly extensible git implementation library written in pure Go.
It can be used to manipulate git repositories at low level (plumbing) or high level (porcelain), through an idiomatic Go API. It also supports several types of storage, such as in-memory filesystems, or custom implementations, thanks to the Storer interface.
This package provides command line interface of this library.
There are three methods to install go-git 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 go-git Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install go-git using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install go-git
Install go-git Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install go-git using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install go-git
Install go-git 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 go-git using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install go-git
How To Uninstall go-git on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the go-git package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove go-git
Uninstall go-git And Its Dependencies
To uninstall go-git and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove go-git
Remove go-git Configurations and Data
To remove go-git configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge go-git
Remove go-git configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove go-git configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge go-git
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install go-git package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
