How To Install git-el on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install git-el on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is git-el
git-el 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.
This package provides two modules for integration with Emacs:
git.el:
Status manager that displays the state of all the files of the project and provides easy access to the most frequently used git commands. The user interface is intended to be similar to the pcl-cvs mode. It can be started with `M-x git-status'.
git-blame.el:
Emacs implementation of incremental “git blame”. When you turn it on while viewing a file, the editor buffer will be updated by setting the background of individual lines to a color that reflects which commit it comes from.
This package does not contain the VC-mode backend for git. That is part of standard Emacs distributions, starting with version 22.2.
For a more polished Emacs interface for Git, see the magit package.
There are three methods to install git-el 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-el 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-el using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install git-el
Install git-el Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install git-el using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install git-el
Install git-el 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-el using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install git-el
How To Uninstall git-el on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the git-el package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove git-el
Uninstall git-el And Its Dependencies
To uninstall git-el and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove git-el
Remove git-el Configurations and Data
To remove git-el configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge git-el
Remove git-el configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove git-el configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge git-el
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install git-el package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
