Fossil is a distributed version control system that is easy to set up and use. It's ideal for small to medium sized projects, and runs on a variety of platforms including Linux, Windows, and macOS. In this tutorial, we'll guide you through the steps for installing Fossil on Ubuntu Server.
Before you begin, ensure that you have the following:
To install Fossil, you'll first need to download the binary from the official website. On your Ubuntu Server, open a terminal window and use the wget command to download the latest stable release:
wget https://www.fossil-scm.org/index.html/uv/fossil-linux-x64-2.17.tar.gz
This will download the compressed Fossil binary to your current directory.
Next, you'll need to extract the binary from the compressed archive. To do this, use the tar command:
tar xzf fossil-linux-x64-2.17.tar.gz
This will extract the fossil binary to the same directory.
For convenience, it's a good idea to move the fossil binary to the /usr/local/bin directory, which is already in your system's PATH. This will make it easy to access Fossil from anywhere on your system. To do this, use the mv command:
sudo mv fossil /usr/local/bin/
Now that you've installed Fossil, it's time to test that it's working properly. To do this, open a terminal window and enter the following command:
fossil version
This will output the version number of Fossil that you've installed. If you see the version number, then Fossil has been successfully installed on your Ubuntu Server!
In this tutorial, you've learned how to install Fossil on Ubuntu Server. With Fossil, you can easily manage version control for your projects, and collaborate with others on code development. Happy coding!
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