How To Install eclipse-egit on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install eclipse-egit on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is eclipse-egit
eclipse-egit is:
The EGit project is implementing Eclipse tooling on top of the JGit Java implementation of Git.
There are three methods to install eclipse-egit on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install eclipse-egit Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install eclipse-egit using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install eclipse-egit
Install eclipse-egit Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install eclipse-egit using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install eclipse-egit
Install eclipse-egit 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 eclipse-egit using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install eclipse-egit
How To Uninstall eclipse-egit on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the eclipse-egit package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove eclipse-egit
Uninstall eclipse-egit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall eclipse-egit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove eclipse-egit
Remove eclipse-egit Configurations and Data
To remove eclipse-egit configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge eclipse-egit
Remove eclipse-egit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove eclipse-egit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge eclipse-egit
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install eclipse-egit package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
