Cgit is a fast and efficient web interface for Git repositories. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps on how to install cgit on Ubuntu Server latest version.
First, let's make sure that our server is up to date and install the necessary dependencies.
Open your terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install git-core build-essential autoconf libcurl4-openssl-dev
Now, let's download cgit from Git repository with the following command:
sudo git clone https://git.zx2c4.com/cgit
This will create a directory in your current working folder named "cgit".
Change directory to the "cgit" directory we just created:
cd ./cgit
Next, we'll run the following commands to compile and install cgit:
make
sudo make install
Now that we have installed cgit on our server, we need to configure it.
Create a new cgit configuration file in the "/etc" directory:
sudo nano /etc/cgitrc
Below is an example configuration you can use as a starting point. You can later modify it to suit your needs:
# Specify the URL of your Git repositories
repo.url=git://your-git-repo-url
# Name of the repository
repo.name=My Git repo
# Description of the repository
repo.desc=This is my Git repository
# Enable cgit cache
cache-root=/var/cache/cgit
# Enable syntax highlighting
source-filter=/usr/lib/cgit/filters/syntax-highlighting.py
# Define your CSS
css=/usr/share/cgit/cgit.css
Save and exit the file.
Restart Apache with the following command:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Now open up your web browser and visit the server's hostname or IP address to verify that cgit is running successfully.
http://your-server-ip/cgit
You should see a page with a link to your Git repositories.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed cgit on Ubuntu Server!
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