How To Install gitless on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gitless on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is gitless
gitless is:
Gitless is an experimental version control system built on top of Git. Many people complain that Git is hard to use. The Gitless authors think the problem lies deeper than the user interface, in the concepts underlying Git. Gitless is an experiment to see what happens if a simple veneer is put on an app that changes the underlying concepts. Because Gitless is implemented on top of Git (could be considered what Git pros call a “porcelain” of Git), you can always fall back on Git. And of course your coworkers you share a repo with need never know that you’re not a Git aficionado.
There are three methods to install gitless 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 gitless Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gitless using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gitless
Install gitless Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gitless using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gitless
Install gitless 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 gitless using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gitless
How To Uninstall gitless on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the gitless package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gitless
Uninstall gitless And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gitless and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gitless
Remove gitless Configurations and Data
To remove gitless configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gitless
Remove gitless configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gitless configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gitless
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gitless package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
