How to install Git in CentOS
To Install Git in CentOS
Git is the most versatile control system for software development in Linux distributions. It tracks and handles the file changes in an efficient manner. Git control system aims to maintain a large distributed development project. Many languages are being used to develop this control system including, Perl, Bash, C and Tcl. Installation of Git in CentOS is explained in this article.
Installation of Git
To install Git, first you need to install the required development tools with below command.
[root@linuxhelp1 ~]# yum install " Development Tools"
Alternative command to install development tools is given below.
[root@linuxhelp1 ~]# yum groupinstall " Development Tools" -y
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Determining fastest mirrors
* base: centos.excellmedia.net
* extras: centos.excellmedia.net
* updates: centos.excellmedia.net
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package autoconf.noarch 0:2.69-11.el7 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: m4 > = 1.4.14 for package: autoconf-2.69-11.el7.noarch
--> Processing Dependency: perl(Data::Dumper) for package: autoconf-2.69-11.el7.noarch
---> Package automake.noarch 0:1.13.4-3.el7 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: perl(Thread::Queue) for package: automake-1.13.4-3.el7.noarch
--> Processing Dependency: perl(TAP::Parser) for package: automake-1.13.4-3.el7.noarch
---> Package bison.x86_64 0:2.7-4.el7 will be installed
---> Package byacc.x86_64 0:1.9.20130304-3.el7 will be installed
---> Package cscope.x86_64 0:15.8-7.el7 will be installed
---> Package ctags.x86_64 0:5.8-13.el7 will be installed
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Dependency Installed:
apr.x86_64 0:1.4.8-3.el7
apr-util.x86_64 0:1.5.2-6.el7
boost-thread.x86_64 0:1.53.0-25.el7
dwz.x86_64 0:0.11-3.el7
gettext-common-devel.noarch 0:0.18.2.1-4.el7
gettext-devel.x86_64 0:0.18.2.1-4.el7
kernel-devel.x86_64 0:3.10.0-327.28.3.el7
libgfortran.x86_64 0:4.8.5-4.el7
libquadmath.x86_64 0:4.8.5-4.el7
libquadmath-devel.x86_64 0:4.8.5-4.el7
libstdc++-devel.x86_64 0:4.8.5-4.el7
m4.x86_64 0:1.4.16-10.el7
mokutil.x86_64 0:0.9-2.el7
perl-Data-Dumper.x86_64 0:2.145-3.el7
perl-Error.noarch 1:0.17020-2.el7
perl-Git.noarch 0:1.8.3.1-6.el7_2.1
perl-TermReadKey.x86_64 0:2.30-20.el7
perl-Test-Harness.noarch 0:3.28-3.el7
perl-Thread-Queue.noarch 0:3.02-2.el7
perl-XML-Parser.x86_64 0:2.41-10.el7
perl-srpm-macros.noarch 0:1-8.el7
subversion-libs.x86_64 0:1.7.14-10.el7
systemtap-client.x86_64 0:2.8-10.el7
systemtap-devel.x86_64 0:2.8-10.el7
Dependency Updated:
boost-system.x86_64 0:1.53.0-25.el7 dyninst.x86_64 0:8.2.0-2.el7
libstdc++.x86_64 0:4.8.5-4.el7 rpm.x86_64 0:4.11.3-17.el7
rpm-build-libs.x86_64 0:4.11.3-17.el7 rpm-libs.x86_64 0:4.11.3-17.el7
rpm-python.x86_64 0:4.11.3-17.el7 systemtap-runtime.x86_64 0:2.8-10.el7
Complete!
Then start installing the additional dependencies for further process.
[root@linuxhelp1 ~]# yum install gettext-devel openssl-devel perl-CPAN perl-devel zlib-devel -y
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* base: centos.excellmedia.net
* extras: centos.excellmedia.net
* updates: centos.excellmedia.net
Package gettext-devel-0.18.2.1-4.el7.x86_64 already installed and latest version
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package openssl-devel.x86_64 1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.5 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: openssl-libs(x86-64) = 1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.5 for package: 1:openssl-devel-1.0.1e-51.el7_2.5.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: krb5-devel(x86-64) for package: 1:openssl-devel-1.0.1e-51.el7_2.5.x86_64
---> Package perl-CPAN.noarch 0:1.9800-286.el7 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: perl(local::lib) for package: perl-CPAN-1.9800-286.el7.noarch
--> Processing Dependency: perl(ExtUtils::MakeMaker) for package: perl-CPAN-1.9800-286.el7.noarch
--> Processing Dependency: perl(Digest::SHA) for package: perl-CPAN-1.9800-286.el7.noarch
---> Package perl-devel.x86_64 4:5.16.3-286.el7 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: systemtap-sdt-devel for package: 4:perl-devel-5.16.3-286.el7.x86_64
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Dependency Updated:
e2fsprogs.x86_64 0:1.42.9-7.el7 e2fsprogs-libs.x86_64 0:1.42.9-7.el7
krb5-libs.x86_64 0:1.13.2-12.el7_2 libcom_err.x86_64 0:1.42.9-7.el7
libdb.x86_64 0:5.3.21-19.el7 libdb-utils.x86_64 0:5.3.21-19.el7
libss.x86_64 0:1.42.9-7.el7 openssl.x86_64 1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.5
openssl-libs.x86_64 1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.5 pcre.x86_64 0:8.32-15.el7_2.1
zlib.x86_64 0:1.2.7-15.el7
Complete!
Now its time to download the latest version of the Git by using the " wget" command.
[root@linuxhelp1 ~]# wget https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-2.10.0.tar.xz
--2016-09-10 12:56:21-- https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-2.10.0.tar.xz
Resolving www.kernel.org (www.kernel.org)... 199.204.44.194, 198.145.20.140, 149.20.4.69, ...
Connecting to www.kernel.org (www.kernel.org)|199.204.44.194|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 4096264 (3.9M) [application/x-xz]
Saving to: ‘ git-2.10.0.tar.xz’
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2016-09-10 12:58:03 (40.0 KB/s) - ‘ git-2.10.0.tar.xz’ saved [4096264/4096264]
The downloaded package could be extracted with the " tar" command.
[root@linuxhelp1 ~]# tar xvf git-2.10.0.tar.xz
git-2.10.0/
git-2.10.0/.gitattributes
git-2.10.0/.gitignore
git-2.10.0/.mailmap
git-2.10.0/.travis.yml
git-2.10.0/COPYING
git-2.10.0/Documentation/
git-2.10.0/Documentation/.gitattributes
git-2.10.0/Documentation/.gitignore
git-2.10.0/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
git-2.10.0/Documentation/Makefile
git-2.10.0/Documentation/RelNotes/
git-2.10.0/Documentation/RelNotes/1.5.0.1.txt
git-2.10.0/Documentation/RelNotes/1.5.0.2.txt
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git-2.10.0/xdiff/xmerge.c
git-2.10.0/xdiff/xpatience.c
git-2.10.0/xdiff/xprepare.c
git-2.10.0/xdiff/xprepare.h
git-2.10.0/xdiff/xtypes.h
git-2.10.0/xdiff/xutils.c
git-2.10.0/xdiff/xutils.h
git-2.10.0/zlib.c
git-2.10.0/configure
git-2.10.0/version
git-2.10.0/git-gui/version
Next move the Git as the working directory.
[root@linuxhelp1 ~]# cd git*
[root@linuxhelp1 git-2.10.0]#
Once you entered into the source folder, run the below command to start building.
[root@linuxhelp1 git-2.10.0]# make configure GIT_VERSION = 2.10.0 GEN configure [root@linuxhelp1 git-2.10.0]# ./configure --prefix=/usr/local configure: Setting lib to ' lib' (the default) configure: Will try -pthread then -lpthread to enable POSIX Threads. configure: CHECKS for site configuration checking for gcc... gcc checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking for suffix of executables... checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E checking for ANSI C header files... yes checking for sys/types.h... yes checking for sys/stat.h... yes checking for stdlib.h... yes . . . checking for library containing mkdtemp... none required checking for mkstemps... yes checking for library containing mkstemps... none required checking for initgroups... yes checking for library containing initgroups... none required checking for getdelim... yes checking for library containing getdelim... none required checking for BSD sysctl... no checking for POSIX Threads with ' ' ... no checking for POSIX Threads with ' -mt' ... no checking for POSIX Threads with ' -pthread' ... yes configure: creating ./config.status config.status: creating config.mak.autogen config.status: executing config.mak.autogen commands
Finally, execute the ' make install' command to install the Git software.
[root@linuxhelp1 git-2.10.0]# make install
* new build flags
CC credential-store.o
* new link flags
CC common-main.o
CC abspath.o
CC advice.o
CC alias.o
CC alloc.o
CC archive.o
CC archive-tar.o
CC archive-zip.o
CC argv-array.o
* new prefix flags
CC attr.o
CC base85.o
CC bisect.o
CC blob.o
CC branch.o
CC bulk-checkin.o
CC bundle.o
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rm -f " $execdir/$p" & &
test -z " " & &
ln " $execdir/git" " $execdir/$p" 2> /dev/null ||
ln -s " git" " $execdir/$p" 2> /dev/null ||
cp " $execdir/git" " $execdir/$p" || exit
done & &
remote_curl_aliases=" " & &
for p in $remote_curl_aliases do
rm -f " $execdir/$p" & &
test -z " " & &
ln " $execdir/git-remote-http" " $execdir/$p" 2> /dev/null ||
ln -s " git-remote-http" " $execdir/$p" 2> /dev/null ||
cp " $execdir/git-remote-http" " $execdir/$p" || exit
done & &
./check_bindir " z$bindir" " z$execdir" " $bindir/git-add"
After the installation process is accomplished, run the following command to get the version of Git.
[root@linuxhelp1 git-2.10.0]# git --version
git version 2.10.0
Tag :
Git
Q
What is Git in CentOS?
A
*Git is a distributed version control system developed by Junio Hamano and Linus Torvalds.
*Git does not use a centralized server.*Git runs on Linux, BSD, Solaris, Darwin, Windows, Android, and other operating systems.
*Git does not use a centralized server.*Git runs on Linux, BSD, Solaris, Darwin, Windows, Android, and other operating systems.
Q
How do I report a bug in Git?
A
Bug reports can be sent to the Git mailing list: git@vger.kernel.org
Please put "[BUG]" in the subject line. You don't need to be subscribed to post; see GitCommunity for more information on the mailing list and other ways of interacting with Git developers.
Please put "[BUG]" in the subject line. You don't need to be subscribed to post; see GitCommunity for more information on the mailing list and other ways of interacting with Git developers.
Q
What can I use to set up a public repository?
A
*An SSH server, an HTTP server, or the git-daemon. Local networks can also use network filesystems, like NFS or SMBFS/CIFS (the Windows networks).
*While there was some controversy over whether SMBFS was a safe solution the latest info indicates that it should be fine.
See the Git tutorial for more details.
*While there was some controversy over whether SMBFS was a safe solution the latest info indicates that it should be fine.
See the Git tutorial for more details.
Q
Why is git --version not reporting the "full" version number?
A
There is a bit of a chicken and egg problem involved. The build procedure wants to have an already installed Git to figure out the "full" version number. If you are bootstrapping, make clean and rebuild after you install Git once would give you a Git binary that knows what version it is.
GIT-VERSION-GEN script show current (used) Git version, git --version shows Git version used at the time Git was built.
GIT-VERSION-GEN script show current (used) Git version, git --version shows Git version used at the time Git was built.
It is recommended (as of 1.5.3) that color. diff be kept off. Use git log --color if you need colored output.
This problem should be fixed since version 1.5.4.