I'd like to install Mercurial (HG) on Bash on Ubuntu on Windows. Though Mercurial official site offers download for both Windows and Ubuntu, it does not offer a download for Bash on Ubuntu on Windows (AKA Windows Subsystem for Linux). How can I install Mercurial (HG) for Bash on Ubuntu on Windows, and if possible from Bash on Ubuntu on Windows. Which is the right Ubuntu package and how to install it?
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2just `apt-get install mercurial`? – pynexj Jan 23 '18 at 09:46
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You can install mercurial via apt:
$ sudo apt-get install mercurial
If you want a more up-to-date version you can use the mercurial PPA:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mercurial-ppa/releases
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install mercurial
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To make work on Ubuntu 18.04 I edited the mercurial source file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d then I replaced the word bionic with zesty in the file. – Trey Brister Apr 17 '20 at 21:52
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This is not working for me under WSL2... after all that it tells me `mercurial is already the newest version (5.3.1-1ubuntu1).` but it's obviously NOT the latest version because it refuses to clone a repo due to it having newer features that it doesn't support. – Michael May 21 '23 at 02:02