How to install Git on Ubuntu Linux 18.04 desktop machine?

How to install Git on Ubuntu Linux 18.04 desktop machine?

    Here, we install Git using system package manager. This is most recommended way of installing Git on Ubuntu Linux operating system. No matter how we install Git, its just a command line utility. Once the installation is done, you need to verify Git version to check whether it is properly installed or not.
  • Git is not a client-server model or architecture, it is a CLI program that operates locally.

# Install Git package from repository.
$ sudo apt install git
 
# Check Git version.
$ git --version

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