How To Install gitg on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gitg on Ubuntu.

What is `gitg`

gitg is:

gitg is a fast git repository browser. It currently features:

Loading large repositories very fast
Show/browse repository history
Show highlighted revision diff
Browse file tree of a revision and export by drag and drop
Search in the revision history on subject, author or hash
Switch between history view of branches easily
Commit view providing per hunk stage/unstage and commit

There are three methods to install gitg on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gitg Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gitg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gitg

Install gitg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gitg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gitg

Install gitg 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 gitg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gitg

How To Uninstall gitg on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the gitg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gitg

Uninstall gitg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gitg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gitg

Remove gitg Configurations and Data

To remove gitg configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gitg

Remove gitg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gitg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gitg

Dependencies

gitg have the following dependencies:

References

gitg website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gitg package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.