Installing Cgit on Ubuntu Server

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.

Step 1: Install dependencies

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

Step 2: Download Cgit

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".

Step 3: Compile and Install 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

Step 4: Configure Cgit

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.

Step 5: Start Cgit and Verify

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!