How To Install gitweb on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install gitweb on CentOS 7. gitweb is Simple web interface to git repositories

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gitweb on CentOS 7.

What is gitweb

Simple web interface to track changes in git repositories

We can use yum or dnf to install gitweb on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gitweb.

Install gitweb on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install gitweb using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gitweb

Install gitweb on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install gitweb using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gitweb

How To Uninstall gitweb on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove gitweb

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gitweb on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.