Mercurial is a free, distributed source control management tool. It efficiently handles
projects of any size and offers an easy and intuitive interface.
Enable snaps on elementary OS and install mercurial
Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.
Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.
Enable snapd
Snap can be installed on elementary OS from the command line. Open Terminal from the Applications launcher and type the following:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.
Install mercurial
To install mercurial, simply use the following command: