How to Install and Uninstall cgit Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "cgit" package

Learn how to install cgit on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                cgit
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "cgit" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall cgit on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                cgit
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cgit package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: cgit
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.3+git2.25.1-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian cgit Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2034
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.28), liblua5.1-0, zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0)
Recommends: apache2 (>= 2.4.6-4~) | httpd
Suggests: python3, python3-docutils, python3-markdown, python3-pygments | highlight
Filename: pool/universe/c/cgit/cgit_1.2.3+git2.25.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 838760
MD5sum: 9fb75efe99a5e5ddd1a39fbf7a58dd87
SHA1: d906ca6eb753922702264314630e2c8173e7cb56
SHA256: 15e1869982e019225898a26ee21dab52b284714ed6f1965ddeb28a0a95a5d424
SHA512: 6f0defb7c207a72ca343869852dbe60904794a16ee057a2a7db0fcbc7c3a3da934e3daa4ea92487e9986a8e48a3c6bddac112de7a5d4b0f0e261202761910113
Homepage: https://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/
Description-en: hyperfast web frontend for git repositories written in C
This is an attempt to create a fast web interface for the Git SCM, using a
built-in cache to decrease server I/O pressure.
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Features:
* basic repository browsing (logs, diffs, trees...)
* caching of generated HTML
* cloneable URLs (implements dumb HTTP transport)
* commit feeds (atom format)
* discovery of Git repositories
* on-the-fly archives for tags and commits
* plugin support for e.g. syntax highlighting
* side-by-side diffs
* simple time/author statistics
* simple virtual hosting support (macro expansion)
* understands GitWeb project-lists
* understands gitweb.owner in Git config files
* has extensive filtering framework using scripts or a built-in Lua
interpreter
Description-md5: 5e74acb15d1188f3db80ed71f4b7567d