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

Last updated: March 29,2024

1. Install "gitk" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install gitk on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install gitk

2. Uninstall "gitk" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall gitk on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):

$ sudo apt remove gitk $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the gitk package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: gitk
Architecture: all
Version: 1:2.30.2-1ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Source: git
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jonathan Nieder
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1727
Depends: git (>> 1:2.30.2), git (<< 1:2.30.2-.), tk
Suggests: git-doc
Filename: pool/universe/g/git/gitk_2.30.2-1ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 141944
MD5sum: d9ddbfecbd071708ce249f51e9f3f8a1
SHA1: 0c946c1de44a0389f0e210529292f1192a4f9c5c
SHA256: 51fc504d1194f865baefd536558f1bce7643fd62eb676b1e734884b321519b15
SHA512: cfc343abdd40bb1f3bc0a31949e3db8e784c77f2fb60f3da2e93a134b6965ca0871e5c5c90918db6e7863581cd12b79a5cb3352413ce07edc730d4774f1ae6c5
Homepage: https://git-scm.com/
Description-en: fast, scalable, distributed revision control system (revision tree visualizer)
Git is popular version control system designed to handle very large
projects with speed and efficiency; it is used for many high profile
open source projects, most notably the Linux kernel.
.
Git falls in the category of distributed source code management tools.
Every Git working directory is a full-fledged repository with full
revision tracking capabilities, not dependent on network access or a
central server.
.
This package provides the gitk program, a tcl/tk revision tree visualizer.
Description-md5: 09d5ab78b8aa2f432bbf841a62bb9abc