How To Install gita on Debian 12

Learn how to install gita on Debian 12 with this tutorial. gita is Manage many git repos

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gita on Debian 12.

What is gita

gita is:

Gita is a command-line tool to manage multiple git repos:

  • display the status of multiple Git repos such as branch, modification, commit message side by side
  • (batch) delegate git commands/aliases from any working directory

If several repos are related, Gita helps to see their status together too.

There are three methods to install gita on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gita Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gita using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gita

Install gita Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gita using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gita

Install gita 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install gita using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gita

How To Uninstall gita on Debian 12

To uninstall only the gita package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gita

Uninstall gita And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gita and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gita

Remove gita Configurations and Data

To remove gita configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gita

Remove gita configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gita configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gita

Dependencies

gita have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gita package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.