How To Install mgitstatus on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mgitstatus on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is mgitstatus
mgitstatus is:
mgitstatus is a tool that loop over multiple Git repositories reporting, for each one, the uncommitted, untracked and unpushed changes. The output is nicely formatted using colors to quickly detect which repositories need action.
When working over several project, mgitstatus is quite helpful to track unfinished work, not in sync with your remotes. Optionally, it can also check if the repository needs a pull by fetching remote branches.
There are three methods to install mgitstatus 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 mgitstatus Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mgitstatus using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mgitstatus
Install mgitstatus Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mgitstatus using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mgitstatus
Install mgitstatus 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 mgitstatus using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mgitstatus
How To Uninstall mgitstatus on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the mgitstatus package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mgitstatus
Uninstall mgitstatus And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mgitstatus and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mgitstatus
Remove mgitstatus Configurations and Data
To remove mgitstatus configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mgitstatus
Remove mgitstatus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mgitstatus configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mgitstatus
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mgitstatus package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
