How To Install git-gui on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install git-gui on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is git-gui
git-gui 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 git graphical user interface.
If aspell is installed, it can check the spelling of commit messages as the user types.
If meld is installed, it can be used for displaying diffs and for interactive merge conflict resolution.
Package: git-gui Architecture: all Version: 1:2.25.1-1ubuntu3 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: universe/devel Source: git Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Jonathan Nieder [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 2355 Depends: git (» 1:2.25.1), git (« 1:2.25.1-.), tk Recommends: gitk Suggests: git-doc, aspell, meld Filename: pool/universe/g/git/git-gui_2.25.1-1ubuntu3_all.deb Size: 221960 MD5sum: cebe2020ff75202a7d8e6cf4726cb11b SHA1: 70bf78ed7d040ea3fe3d7197f6760de68e122a9d SHA256: 6095f645c80fa1a73f7cade6045dd3d7cf2ec0f9da3a16df6b2126889d1b4a45 Homepage: https://git-scm.com/ Description-en: fast, scalable, distributed revision control system (GUI) 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 git graphical user interface.
If aspell is installed, it can check the spelling of commit messages as the user types.
If meld is installed, it can be used for displaying diffs and for interactive merge conflict resolution.
There are three methods to install git-gui on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install git-gui Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install git-gui using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install git-gui
Install git-gui Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install git-gui using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install git-gui
Install git-gui 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 git-gui using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install git-gui
How To Uninstall git-gui on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the git-gui package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove git-gui
Uninstall git-gui And Its Dependencies
To uninstall git-gui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove git-gui
Remove git-gui Configurations and Data
To remove git-gui configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge git-gui
Remove git-gui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove git-gui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge git-gui
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install git-gui package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
