Mercurial is a free, distributed source control management system, available for various platforms. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Mercurial on Ubuntu Server Latest.
Before installing any package on Ubuntu, it is recommended to update and upgrade the system. You can do this by running the following commands in the terminal.
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
Mercurial is available in the Ubuntu repositories, and you can install it by running the following command in the terminal.
sudo apt install mercurial
Once the installation is completed, you can verify the installation by checking the version of Mercurial.
hg version
By default, Mercurial does not require any configuration. However, if you want to customize the behavior of Mercurial, you can create a configuration file.
You can create a configuration file by running the following command in the terminal.
nano ~/.hgrc
In this configuration file, you can add various configuration options, such as your name and email address, default editor, and more.
Now that you have installed and configured Mercurial on your Ubuntu Server, you can start using it. You can create a new Mercurial repository using the following command.
hg init myrepo
This will create a new directory myrepo in your current directory, which is now a Mercurial repository. You can add files to this repository and commit changes using the following commands.
cd myrepo/
touch myfile.txt
hg add myfile.txt
hg commit -m "Initial commit"
Mercurial is a powerful and flexible source control management system that can be installed on Ubuntu Server. In this tutorial, we explained how to install Mercurial, configure it, and create a new repository. We hope that you find this tutorial helpful, and that you enjoy using Mercurial.
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