How to Download and Install GIT Lab?

Git Lab is an essential tool for those who are in a project development role. Every organization needs some employees who will develop certain projects for their clients. For this purpose, developers use some very important technical tools. Git Lab is one of them. It has a similar type of work to Git. But it also has some new features. Git Lab is a complete DevOps platform. It helps the developer to work easily. It is a tool that helps to reduce the burden of the developer while developing the project. A developer while making a project has to maintain many things such as project planning. Not only project planning, but also monitoring the project is also an important stage. Git Lab reduces this amount of burden from a developer.

Features of Git Lab

• Git Lab is open source & completely private to the developers. It also provides private repositories to the developers.
• While developing any project there might be some issues with that implementation. Git Lab helps to find out the problem with the source code of the project.
• While developing the project some issues might cause serious problems with the project. Sometimes it may cause some consequence issues with that. Git Lab helps to find out the main issue of any particular code. Solving that issue will solve every problem regarding that.

Installation of Git Lab in Linux

Step 1: At first, the terminal of Linux should be opened. There we have to execute the below-mentioned command. this command will install all the necessary dependencies which will be needed when we will start the installation of Git Lab. It will take some time.

sudo apt-get install -y curl openssh-server ca-certificates

Step 2: After the installation of the dependencies we will move forward with the installation of Git Lab. we have to execute the following command. It will first download the Git Lab. Wait till the downloading is completed.

curl -sS https://packages.gitlab.com/install/repositories/gitlab/gitlab-ce/script.deb.sh | sudo bash

Step 3: Once, the downloading of Git Lab is done, we can move forward to install it. We have to run the below-mentioned command it will install the Git Lab. Along with the installation of Git Lab, it will install the private repository also. Wait till the installation is completed.

sudo apt-get install gitlab-ce

Step 4: When the installation is completed, a graphical implementation Git Lab will be visible. Not only that, a Thank You message for the installation of Git Lab will also be displayed. Hence, the installation of Git Lab is successful.