Git for your Linux
Default repository often install old version of software. To get the latest version, best way is, install it from the source.
Here I am going to present how to install Git core with command line. I am going to use Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, as the environment.
Steps:
1. First, update the repository:
sudo apt-get update
2. Install some required dependencies:
sudo apt-get install libcurl4-gnutls-dev libexpat1-dev gettext libz-dev libssl-dev build-essential
3. Get the source file:
wget https://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-1.8.1.1.tar.gz
4. Extract it
tar -zxf git-1.8.1.1.tar.gz
cd git-1.8.1.1
5. Install it for all users:
make prefix=/usr/local all
sudo make prefix=/usr/local install
6. If you need to update Git in the future, you can use Git itself to do it.
git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
7. Configure Git:
sudo nano ~/.gitconfig
git config --global user.name "NewUser"
git config --global user.email newuser@example.com
8. You can see all of your settings with this command:
git config --list
You can change the command syntax for installing Git to other Linux distro such as CentOS or Fedora.
Hope this will help you to start the Git journey.
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