In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Microgit on Debian Latest operating system. microgit is a decentralized version control system written in Go programming language. It is specially designed to be simple, efficient, and easy to use Git client for developers.
Before we begin, make sure your system is updated with the latest packages by running the following commands in the terminal:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
Microgit requires Go as a dependency. So, before we start the installation of Microgit, we have to install Go on our system.
To install Go, run the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt install golang-go
After installing Go, we need to set up the GOPATH environment variable. We can do it by adding the following line to the ~/.bashrc file:
export GOPATH=$HOME/go
Then, run the following command to refresh the environment variables:
source ~/.bashrc
To download and install Microgit on Debian, follow the steps below:
Clone the Microgit repository using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/microgit-com/microgit.git
Change the directory to the Microgit repository:
cd microgit
Run the following command to build the Microgit binaries:
make build
This command will create the binary files for Microgit in the ./bin/ directory.
After the successful build, we can install the Microgit binaries by running the following command:
sudo make install
This command will install the Microgit binaries in the /usr/local/bin/ directory.
To verify the installation of Microgit, run the following command in the terminal:
microgit --version
This command should display the version number of Microgit installed on your system.
In this tutorial, we have explained how to install Microgit on Debian Latest operating system. We also learned how to download, build, and install Microgit from the official repository. With Microgit installed on your system, you can use it as a simple and efficient Git client for your projects.
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