How to install Git client in Ubuntu
Git
is a by far the most widely used distributed version control system while being free and open source.
Despite the popularity, it’s not installed by default in Ubuntu
. You can install the program by following these steps;
-
Update
apt
‘s package list$ sudo apt -y update
-
Install
git-core
package$ sudo apt -y install git-core
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Test by running
git
from the command line$ git usage: git [--version] [--help] [-C <path>] [-c name=value] [--exec-path[=<path>]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path] [-p | --paginate | --no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare] [--git-dir=<path>] [--work-tree=<path>] [--namespace=<name>] <command> [<args>] These are common Git commands used in various situations: start a working area (see also: git help tutorial) clone Clone a repository into a new directory init Create an empty Git repository or reinitialize an existing one ------ snipped ------
If you prefer to use GUI-based Git
client, you can choose any of the following packages to install via apt
;
-
gitk
-
giggle
-
git-cola
-
git-gui
-
gitg