How To Install GitKraken on Ubuntu

GitKraken is a popular leading graphic user interface for Git which was built using NodeGit.

To download and use GitKraken you're going to need Ubuntu 12.04 or later. Assuming you require a Debian based distribution, follow these simple steps.

To get started, open your terminal with:

Ctrl+Alt+T

Then run the following commands one line after the other:

wget https://release.gitkraken.com/linux/gitkraken-amd64.deb dpkg -i gitkraken-amd64.deb

After following these steps you should be able to get GitKraken running as no tools are required. You won't even need to download Git as GitKraken works without dependencies.

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