How To Install stg-gitk on Ubuntu 21.04

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install stgit-contrib

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is stg-gitk and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Ubuntu 21.04. This guide was written specifically with a server running Ubuntu 21.04 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install stg-gitk on Ubuntu 21.04. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install stg-gitk using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt-get database, You can install stg-gitk using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install stgit-contrib

Install stg-gitk using apt

Because stg-gitk is available in Ubuntu 21.04’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install stg-gitk using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install stgit-contrib

Install stg-gitk 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 21.04. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install stg-gitk by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install stgit-contrib

How to upgrade (update) a single package stg-gitk using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the stg-gitk, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install stgit-contrib

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install stgit-contrib

How To Uninstall stg-gitk from Ubuntu 21.04

To uninstall only the stg-gitk package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove stgit-contrib

Uninstall stg-gitk and all its dependencies

To uninstall stg-gitk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 21.04, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove stgit-contrib

Remove stg-gitk with all configurations and data

To remove stg-gitk configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge stgit-contrib

Remove stg-gitk completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to stg-gitk package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge stgit-contrib

Extra info and code examples

Among others, this package provides the following helper scripts: * stg-gitk: show all patches in gitk, not only applied ones, and hide logs * stg-whatchanged: examine changes that would modify the current patch * stg-fold-files-from: pick specific hunks from another patch up the stack * stg-dispatch: dispatch specific hunks into another patch down the stack * stg-swallow: completely merge another patch into the current one * stg-k: provide robust --keep functionality to all stgit commands Most of the functionality of these scripts may one day be incorporated into stgit.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install stg-gitk using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the stg-gitk from Ubuntu 21.04.

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