Install mercurial on ubuntu Jaunty 9.04

Submitted by Sam Rose on Tue, 10/20/2009 - 20:20 

$ sudo aptitude install python-dev python-virtualenv pythin-setuptools
 
$  easy_install -U mercurial

Test with

$ hg -v

Should return:

hg -v
Mercurial Distributed SCM (version 1.3.1)
 
Copyright (C) 2005-2009 Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> and others
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
basic commands:
 
 add:
      add the specified files on the next commit
 annotate, blame:
      show changeset information by line for each file
 clone:
      make a copy of an existing repository
 commit, ci:
      commit the specified files or all outstanding changes
 diff:
      diff repository (or selected files)
 export:
      dump the header and diffs for one or more changesets
 forget:
      forget the specified files on the next commit
 init:
      create a new repository in the given directory
 log, history:
      show revision history of entire repository or files
 merge:
      merge working directory with another revision
 parents:
      show the parents of the working directory or revision
 pull:
      pull changes from the specified source
 push:
      push changes to the specified destination
 remove, rm:
      remove the specified files on the next commit
 serve:
      export the repository via HTTP
 status, st:
      show changed files in the working directory
 update, up, checkout, co:
      update working directory
 
global options:
 -R --repository      repository root directory or symbolic path name
    --cwd             change working directory
 -y --noninteractive  do not prompt, assume 'yes' for any required answers
 -q --quiet           suppress output
 -v --verbose         enable additional output
    --config          set/override config option
    --debug           enable debugging output
    --debugger        start debugger
    --encoding        set the charset encoding (default: UTF-8)
    --encodingmode    set the charset encoding mode (default: strict)
    --traceback       print traceback on exception
    --time            time how long the command takes
    --profile         print command execution profile
    --version         output version information and exit
 -h --help            display help and exit
 
use "hg help" for the full list of commands

done.