gitg command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

gitg: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gitg: command not found

Solutions to gitg: command not found

How To Fix gitg: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu gitg is provided by gitg package.

gitg is:

gitg is a fast git repository browser. It currently features:

• Loading large repositories very fast
• Show/browse repository history
• Show highlighted revision diff
• Browse file tree of a revision and export by drag and drop
• Search in the revision history on subject, author or hash
• Switch between history view of branches easily
• Commit view providing per hunk stage/unstage and commit

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install gitg

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install gitg.

sudo apt -y install gitg

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install gitg

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix gitg command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.