In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Cgit on the latest version of POP! OS. Cgit is a web interface for Git repositories. It allows you to browse and view repository contents, and view commit history.
Cgit requires a few dependencies before it can be installed. To install the required dependencies, run the following command:
sudo apt-get install git-core build-essential zlib1g-dev libssl-dev
Now that we have installed the dependencies, we can proceed to download Cgit. Go to the Cgit homepage and click on the Download link. Copy the link address of the .tar.gz file. Then, open terminal and run the following command, replacing the link address with the one you copied:
wget https://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/snapshot/cgit-1.2.3.tar.gz
After downloading, you need to extract the Cgit source code. Navigate to the directory where you saved the source code and run the following command:
tar -zxvf cgit-1.2.3.tar.gz
We can now install Cgit using the following commands:
cd cgit-1.2.3
sudo make prefix=/usr/local install
This installs Cgit in the /usr/local directory.
Next, we need to configure Cgit by editing the configuration file located at /usr/local/cgitrc. Run the following command to open the file in the nano text editor:
sudo nano /usr/local/cgitrc
Here, you can configure your repositories, authentication, and various other settings.
To start Cgit, run the following command:
sudo cgit -f /usr/local/cgitrc
This will start a web server that serves Cgit on port 80.
You can now access Cgit by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost/. If you are accessing Cgit from another computer, replace localhost with the IP address of your machine.
That's it! You have successfully installed and configured Cgit on your POP! OS system. Now you can browse and manage your Git repositories using the Cgit web interface.
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