How To Install gitk on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gitk on Debian 10.
What is gitk
gitk 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 the gitk program, a tcl/tk revision tree visualizer.
There are three methods to install gitk 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 gitk Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gitk using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gitk
Install gitk Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gitk using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gitk
Install gitk 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 gitk using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gitk
How To Uninstall gitk on Debian 10
To uninstall only the gitk package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gitk
Uninstall gitk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gitk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gitk
Remove gitk Configurations and Data
To remove gitk configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gitk
Remove gitk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gitk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gitk
Dependencies
gitk have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gitk package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.