How To Install dgit on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install dgit on Rocky Linux 8. dgit is Integration between git and Debian-style archives

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dgit on Rocky Linux 8.

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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dgit.

Install dgit 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 dgit using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dgit

Install dgit 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 dgit using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dgit

How To Uninstall dgit on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove dgit

dgit Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/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

dgit website

Summary

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