How To Install git-daemon-run on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install git-daemon-run on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is git-daemon-run
git-daemon-run is:
Git is popular version control system designed to handle very large projects with speed and efficiency; it is used for many high profile open source projects, most notably the Linux kernel.
Git falls in the category of distributed source code management tools. Every Git working directory is a full-fledged repository with full revision tracking capabilities, not dependent on network access or a central server.
git-daemon, as provided by the git package, is a simple server for git repositories, ideally suited for read-only updates, i.e. pulling from git repositories through the network. This package provides a runit service for running git-daemon permanently. This configuration is simpler and more reliable than git-daemon-sysvinit, at a cost of being less familiar for administrators accustomed to sysvinit.
There are three methods to install git-daemon-run 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 git-daemon-run Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install git-daemon-run using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install git-daemon-run
Install git-daemon-run Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install git-daemon-run using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install git-daemon-run
Install git-daemon-run 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 git-daemon-run using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install git-daemon-run
How To Uninstall git-daemon-run on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the git-daemon-run package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove git-daemon-run
Uninstall git-daemon-run And Its Dependencies
To uninstall git-daemon-run and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove git-daemon-run
Remove git-daemon-run Configurations and Data
To remove git-daemon-run configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge git-daemon-run
Remove git-daemon-run configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove git-daemon-run configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge git-daemon-run
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install git-daemon-run package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
