How to Install and Uninstall git-gui Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 07,2024

1. Install "git-gui" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install git-gui on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                git-gui
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "git-gui" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall git-gui on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                git-gui
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the git-gui package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: git-gui
Architecture: all
Version: 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.10
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Source: git
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Gerrit Pape
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2048
Depends: git (>> 1:2.7.4), git (<< 1:2.7.4-.), tk
Recommends: gitk
Suggests: git-doc, aspell
Filename: pool/universe/g/git/git-gui_2.7.4-0ubuntu1.10_all.deb
Size: 207854
MD5sum: 7893908b395145e1cdabcefbc2e62064
SHA1: 42db29d1c2268e6eb54f3f3a119635304e139332
SHA256: 8b1991b70cfbe6c8a3f4bff8beac9f9a9ce7b7b6fda5ef4006b1401d65d01b90
SHA512: 6fd199fd39c77fc86514a33ef97b2ec1f944493f1588b19f8a105fb51b05e3b594fad530e1aca62c5229fadef8ccea1f755eaf446f3e412b32b49c8c00d4cc48
Homepage: https://git-scm.com/
Description-en: fast, scalable, distributed revision control system (GUI)
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 git graphical user interface.
.
If aspell is installed, it can check the spelling of commit messages
as the user types.
Description-md5: 9917713e774499f1d531dfee454c1641

Package: git-gui
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 2046
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Gerrit Pape
Architecture: all
Source: git
Version: 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1
Depends: git (>> 1:2.7.4), git (<< 1:2.7.4-.), tk
Recommends: gitk
Suggests: git-doc, aspell
Filename: pool/universe/g/git/git-gui_2.7.4-0ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 207108
MD5sum: 853d03c5ae072b64725bb0a67eb2655a
SHA1: 8a0c28d3d35b6c144f39d0fa3b085290a5f4f9a2
SHA256: 02926906232109c7e7843013b0775d3879e92f3e83525c430a89c73dd39a00d1
Description-en: fast, scalable, distributed revision control system (GUI)
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 git graphical user interface.
.
If aspell is installed, it can check the spelling of commit messages
as the user types.
Description-md5: 9917713e774499f1d531dfee454c1641
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://git-scm.com/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu