How To Install gitweb on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gitweb on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is gitweb
gitweb 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 configures a web interface for browsing git repositories.
If apache2 is installed, the web interface is automatically made available at http://localhost/gitweb. Other servers that support CGI or mod_perl are supported through manual configuration.
If libcgi-fast-perl is installed, gitweb can also be run over FastCGI (and served by nginx, for example).
There are three methods to install gitweb 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 gitweb Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gitweb using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gitweb
Install gitweb Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gitweb using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gitweb
Install gitweb 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 gitweb using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gitweb
How To Uninstall gitweb on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the gitweb package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gitweb
Uninstall gitweb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gitweb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gitweb
Remove gitweb Configurations and Data
To remove gitweb configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gitweb
Remove gitweb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gitweb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gitweb
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gitweb package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
