How To Install dgit on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install dgit in Fedora 36. dgit is Integration between git and Debian-style archives

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dgit on Fedora 36.

What is dgit

dgit (with the associated infrastructure) makes it possible to treat the Debian archive as a git repository “dgit push” constructs uploads from git commits “dgit clone” and “dgit fetch” construct git commits from uploads.

We can use yum or dnf to install dgit on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dgit.

Install dgit on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install dgit

Install dgit on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install dgit using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dgit

How To Uninstall dgit on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the dgit package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dgit

dgit Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/dgit
/usr/bin/dgit-badcommit-fixup
/usr/bin/git-playtree-setup
/usr/share/dgit
/usr/share/dgit/absurd
/usr/share/dgit/absurd/git
/usr/share/doc/dgit
/usr/share/doc/dgit/README.dsc-import
/usr/share/doc/dgit/README.md
/usr/share/doc/dgit/changelog
/usr/share/licenses/dgit
/usr/share/licenses/dgit/copyright
/usr/share/man/man1/dgit.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/dgit-downstream-dsc.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/dgit-maint-bpo.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/dgit-maint-debrebase.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/dgit-maint-gbp.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/dgit-maint-merge.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/dgit-maint-native.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/dgit-nmu-simple.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/dgit-sponsorship.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/dgit-user.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/dgit.7.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debian
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debian/Dgit
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debian/Dgit.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debian/Dgit/ExitStatus.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debian/Dgit/I18n.pm

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dgit on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).