How to Install and Uninstall cgit Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "cgit" package

This tutorial shows how to install cgit on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Learn how to uninstall cgit on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: cgit
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 1117
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Alexander Wirt
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.11.2.git2.3.2-1.1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), liblua5.1-0, libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0)
Recommends: python, apache2 (>= 2.4.18~) | httpd
Filename: pool/universe/c/cgit/cgit_0.11.2.git2.3.2-1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 460788
MD5sum: f8e4824c7fc85531dfbaa32ea2d23bb8
SHA1: 00ba01d608093a966002360f57a7c466c63b2bf4
SHA256: 197f95fd13b19d7d3af3bdeb73e28e470aa98b4901aa4ad4fbaa1b83778c9b27
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: cc73b809545e341384fac422f028f398
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu