How To Install stgit on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install stgit on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is stgit
stgit is:
stgit provides similar functionality to quilt (i.e. pushing/popping patches to/from a stack) on top of git.
These operations are performed using git commands and the patches are stored as git commit objects, allowing easy merging of the stgit patches into other repositories using standard git functionality.
There are three methods to install stgit on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install stgit Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install stgit using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install stgit
Install stgit Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install stgit using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install stgit
Install stgit 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install stgit using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install stgit
How To Uninstall stgit on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the stgit package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove stgit
Uninstall stgit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall stgit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove stgit
Remove stgit Configurations and Data
To remove stgit configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge stgit
Remove stgit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove stgit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge stgit
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install stgit package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.