How To Install gitlab-cli 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 gitlab-cli on Ubuntu.
What is gitlab-cli
gitlab-cli is:
Command-line tool to interact with the GitLab v4 server API. The executable is named python-gitlab.
There are three methods to install gitlab-cli 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 gitlab-cli Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gitlab-cli using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gitlab-cli
Install gitlab-cli Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gitlab-cli using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gitlab-cli
Install gitlab-cli 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 gitlab-cli using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gitlab-cli
How To Uninstall gitlab-cli on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the gitlab-cli package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gitlab-cli
Uninstall gitlab-cli And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gitlab-cli and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gitlab-cli
Remove gitlab-cli Configurations and Data
To remove gitlab-cli configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gitlab-cli
Remove gitlab-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gitlab-cli configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gitlab-cli
Dependencies
gitlab-cli have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gitlab-cli package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.