How To Install qgit on Debian 12

Learn how to install qgit on Debian 12 with this tutorial. qgit is Qt application for viewing GIT trees

Introduction

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

What is qgit

qgit is:

With qgit you will be able to browse revision tree, view patch content and changed files, graphically following different development branches. Main features:

  • View revisions, diffs, files history, files annotation, archive tree.
  • Commit changes visually cherry picking modified files.
  • Apply or format patch series from selected commits, drag and drop commits between two instances of qgit.
  • qgit implements a GUI for the most common StGIT commands like push/pop and apply/format patches. You can also create new patches or refresh current top one using the same semantics of git commit, i.e. cherry picking single modified files.

There are three methods to install qgit 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 qgit Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install qgit

Install qgit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install qgit

Install qgit 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 qgit using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qgit

How To Uninstall qgit on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove qgit

Uninstall qgit And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qgit

Remove qgit Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge qgit

Remove qgit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qgit

Dependencies

qgit have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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