Installing Mercurial on Clear Linux

Introduction

Mercurial is a widely used distributed version control tool which allows you to track changes to files and directories over time. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Mercurial on Clear Linux.

Requirements

To follow this tutorial, you will need:

Step 1 - Update system packages

The first step is to update your Clear Linux installation to make sure you have the latest packages. You can do this by running the following command:

sudo swupd update

You may be prompted to enter your password before the update process begins.

Step 2 - Install Mercurial

Once your system is up to date, you can easily install Mercurial using the swupd package manager:

sudo swupd bundle-add mercurial

This will download and install all the necessary packages and dependencies for Mercurial on your Clear Linux system.

Step 3 - Verify Installation

To verify that Mercurial is installed correctly, you can run the following command:

hg version

If Mercurial is installed successfully, you will see the version number displayed on your screen.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Mercurial on your Clear Linux system. You are now ready to use Mercurial to manage your source code repositories.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Mercurial on Clear Linux. Mercurial is a powerful tool for managing your source code and version control. We hope that this tutorial has helped you to get started with Mercurial and to begin using it to manage your projects.

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