How To Install easygit on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install easygit on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is easygit
easygit is:
In short, Easy GIT is a single-file wrapper script for git, designed to make git easy to learn and use.
Features: * eg focuses on documentation and examples * eg removes many principle-of-least-surprise violations that catch git newbies unaware * eg provides subcommands that are a natural extension of capabilities users know from cvs/svn (eg also takes care to make sure the modifications to its subcommands are easily discoverable and error-avoiding for existing git users as well!)
There are three methods to install easygit 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 easygit Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install easygit using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install easygit
Install easygit Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install easygit using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install easygit
Install easygit 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 easygit using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install easygit
How To Uninstall easygit on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the easygit package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove easygit
Uninstall easygit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall easygit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove easygit
Remove easygit Configurations and Data
To remove easygit configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge easygit
Remove easygit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove easygit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge easygit
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install easygit package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
