step-by-step install Mercurial on OSX, Ubuntu and Windows

This is an add-on to part 1 of my DVCS – blogseries. On demand I’ll describe my way how to install Mercurial on OSX, Ubuntu and Windows.

I really hope one day we can do all from inside Eclipse using HgEclipse – but for now it’s good to have Mercurial itself installed 😉

Install Mercurial on OSX

The easiest way is to download from here: http://mercurial.selenic.com/downloads/

select the version you need (OSX 10.5 or 10.6) – the following is the same as with 1.4.3 so I didn’t replaced the screenshots.

Unzip and Doubleclick the Installer:

Here’s an important information you need later: the hg executable was installed in

/usr/local/bin

“Next” … “Finish” the Installer.

Open the Terminal Application on OSX and type

hg --version

you should get:

 

you’re ready – Mercurial is installed on OSX.

Install Mercurial on Ubuntu

Ubuntu 9.1.0 should already be prepared for Mercurial, so you can install hg easy:

sudo apt-get install mercurial
hg --version

if the version gives you something less then 1.6.0 you should update to Mercurial 1.7.1, its easy:

Go to System -> Administration -> Software Sources:

then choose “Other Software“, “Add“:

and add “ppa:mercurial-ppa/releases“:

Hit “Add Source” and “Close” – now a Dialog appears:

Please hit “Reload” – now Open “System Administration Update Manager” – Mercurial should be listed there:

"Install Updates" and open the Terminal Appliction, then type

hg --version

you should get:

 

You’re done: latest Mercurial is installed on your Ubuntu 🙂

Install Mercurial on Windows

To install Mercurial for Windows you can use the same page as for OSX described above: http://mercurial.selenic.com/downloads/

Download and double-click the Installer:

 

go through the default installation:

 

Hit “Finish” and you’re ready. Open “Cmd” and type:

hg --version

you should get:

 

Now you’re done – Mercurial is installed on Windows.

use of ssh

if working with Remote Repositories of Git or Mercurial you have to use ssh. How to install and use ssh, ssh -keygen… will be demonstrated in another post.

The overview of my blog seriesabout DVCS can be found here: https://ekkescorner.wordpress.com/blog-series/git-mercurial/.