Mercurial is a distributed version control system which is used for managing software project source code. In this tutorial, we will cover the step-by-step process to install Mercurial on Elementary OS.
Before installing Mercurial, ensure that you have a terminal or console window open on your Elementary OS installation.
Follow these steps to install Mercurial:
Open a terminal window on your Elementary OS installation.
Run the following command to update your system's list of available packages:
sudo apt-get update
Run the following command to install Mercurial:
sudo apt-get install mercurial
Verify that Mercurial is installed by running the following command:
hg version
This should output the version of Mercurial that you have installed.
To get started with using Mercurial, you can check out the official Mercurial Guide, which can be found at the following URL: https://www.mercurial-scm.org/guide
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Mercurial on your Elementary OS installation.
In this tutorial, we have covered the steps required to install Mercurial on Elementary OS. Mercurial is now ready to use on your system.
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