How To Install cgit on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cgit
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is cgit
cgit is:
This is an attempt to create a fast web interface for the Git SCM, using a built-in cache to decrease server I/O pressure.
Features:
- basic repository browsing (logs, diffs, trees…)
- caching of generated HTML
- cloneable URLs (implements dumb HTTP transport)
- commit feeds (atom format)
- discovery of Git repositories
- on-the-fly archives for tags and commits
- plugin support for e.g. syntax highlighting
- side-by-side diffs
- simple time/author statistics
- simple virtual hosting support (macro expansion)
- understands GitWeb project-lists
- understands gitweb.owner in Git config files
- has extensive filtering framework using scripts or a built-in Lua interpreter
There are three methods to install cgit
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 cgit Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cgit
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cgit
Install cgit Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cgit
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cgit
Install cgit 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 cgit
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cgit
How To Uninstall cgit on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the cgit
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cgit
Uninstall cgit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cgit
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cgit
Remove cgit Configurations and Data
To remove cgit
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cgit
Remove cgit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cgit
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cgit
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cgit
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.