How To Install gitinspector on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gitinspector on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is gitinspector
gitinspector is:
gitinspector is a statistical analysis tool for git repositories. It creates informative and visually appealling reports in various output formats.
Its features include:
- Shows cumulative work by each author in the history
- Filters results by extension
- Can display a statistical timeline analysis
- Scans for all filetypes (by extension) found in the repository
- Multi-threaded; uses multiple instances of git to speed up analysis
- Supports HTML, XML and plain text (terminal) output
There are three methods to install gitinspector 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 gitinspector Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gitinspector using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gitinspector
Install gitinspector Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gitinspector using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gitinspector
Install gitinspector 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 gitinspector using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gitinspector
How To Uninstall gitinspector on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the gitinspector package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gitinspector
Uninstall gitinspector And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gitinspector and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gitinspector
Remove gitinspector Configurations and Data
To remove gitinspector configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gitinspector
Remove gitinspector configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gitinspector configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gitinspector
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gitinspector package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
