How To Install gitg on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gitg on Debian 10.
What is gitg
gitg is:
gitg is a fast git repository browser. It currently features:
- Loading large repositories very fast
- Show/browse repository history
- Show highlighted revision diff
- Browse file tree of a revision and export by drag and drop
- Search in the revision history on subject, author or hash
- Switch between history view of branches easily
- Commit view providing per hunk stage/unstage and commit
There are three methods to install gitg on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gitg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gitg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gitg
Install gitg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gitg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gitg
Install gitg 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 gitg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gitg
How To Uninstall gitg on Debian 10
To uninstall only the gitg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gitg
Uninstall gitg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gitg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gitg
Remove gitg Configurations and Data
To remove gitg configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gitg
Remove gitg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gitg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gitg
Dependencies
gitg have the following dependencies:
- default-dbus-session-bus
- gir1.2-peas-1.0
- git
- gsettings-desktop-schemas
- dconf-gsettings-backend
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libgee-0.8-2
- libgirepository-1.0-1
- libgit2-glib-1.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libgtksourceview-3.0-1
- libgtkspell3-3-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpeas-1.0-0
- libsecret-1-0
- libsoup2.4-1
- libxml2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gitg package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.