How To Install git-secret on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install git-secret
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is git-secret
git-secret is:
git-secret is designed to solve the problem where to store the credential file (e.g. password, token, …) for a service. With git-secret, Encrypted credential can be stored along with source code in git repository.
There are three methods to install git-secret
on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-secret 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-secret
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install git-secret
Install git-secret Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install git-secret
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install git-secret
Install git-secret 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-secret
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install git-secret
How To Uninstall git-secret on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the git-secret
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove git-secret
Uninstall git-secret And Its Dependencies
To uninstall git-secret
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove git-secret
Remove git-secret Configurations and Data
To remove git-secret
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge git-secret
Remove git-secret configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove git-secret
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge git-secret
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install git-secret
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.