How To Install git-instaweb on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install git-instaweb on Rocky Linux 8. git-instaweb is Repository browser in gitweb

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install git-instaweb on Rocky Linux 8.

What is git-instaweb

A simple script to set up gitweb and a web server for browsing the local repository.

We can use yum or dnf to install git-instaweb on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install git-instaweb.

Install git-instaweb 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 git-instaweb using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install git-instaweb

Install git-instaweb 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 git-instaweb using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install git-instaweb

How To Uninstall git-instaweb on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the git-instaweb package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove git-instaweb

git-instaweb Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/libexec/git-core/git-instaweb
/usr/share/doc/git/git-instaweb.html
/usr/share/doc/git/git-instaweb.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/git-instaweb.1.gz

References

Summary

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