SmartGit Installation and Usage on Ubuntu

I have downloaded latest SmartGit installation and each time I want to use it I need to run script smartgit.sh from SmartGit bin directory, this process requires the same repository setup every time.

What it correct way of installing SmartGit on Ubuntu? Thus I can have normal icon and run the program from state of previous usage, without configuring repositories every time.

Thanks.

You can add a PPA that provides a relatively current version of SmartGit(as well as SmartGitHg, the predecessor of SmartGit).

To add the PPA run:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:eugenesan/ppa
sudo apt-get update

To install smartgit (after adding the PPA) run:

sudo apt-get install smartgit

To install smartgithg (after adding the PPA) run:

sudo apt-get install smartgithg

This should add a menu option for you

For more information, see Eugene San PPA.

> This repository contains collection of customized, updated, ported and backported packages for two last LTS releases and latest pre-LTS release

> What it correct way of installing SmartGit on Ubuntu? Thus I can have > normal icon

In smartgit/bin folder, there's a shell script waiting for you: add-menuitem.sh. It does just that.

Now on the Smartgit webpage (I don't know since when) there is the possibility to download directly the .deb package. Once installed, it will upgrade automagically itself when a new version is released.

Seems a bit too late, but there is a PPA repository with SmartGit, enjoy! =)