Github Credential Manager setup in Ubuntu




GitHub Credential Manager is a tool that helps manage and securely store your GitHub login credentials. It allows you to store your login credentials, including your username and password, in a secure way so that you don't have to remember them every time you want to use GitHub.

To set up GitHub Credential Manager on Ubuntu, you can follow these steps:

Install Git: If you haven't already, install Git on your Ubuntu system. You can do this by running the following command in your terminal:

# sudo apt-get update

# sudo apt-get install git


Install the GitHub Credential Manager: You can download the GitHub Credential Manager from here

Download "gcm-linux_amd64.2.0.935.deb"

Go to the downloaded directory and open a terminal there.

Install it by using this command:

# sudo dpkg -i gcm-linux_amd64.2.0.935.deb


Configure by using this commands:

# git-credential-manager configure

# git config --global credential.credentialStore secretservice

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