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| + | ====== Build and Install git from source on CentOS 6 ====== | ||
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| + | CentOS 6 comes with a packaged version of git that can easily be installed using ```yum install git``` however it's a bit old and you may run into issues with newer repo's where you | ||
| + | see this error | ||
| + | <code console> | ||
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| + | If this happens you most likely need a newer version of git. | ||
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| + | ===== Installing git from source ===== | ||
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| + | The following instructions will help you build and install a newer version of git. In this article we will be building version 2.9.5 and will be installing it into /opt/git | ||
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| + | <code console> | ||
| + | yum -y install gcc zlib-devel gettext curl libcurl libcurl-devel perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker | ||
| + | cd /usr/src | ||
| + | wget https:// | ||
| + | tar xvf git-2.9.5.tar.xz | ||
| + | cd git-2.9.5 | ||
| + | ./configure --prefix=/ | ||
| + | </ | ||
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| + | ===== Using the new version of git ===== | ||
| + | Since we installed git in /opt/git you will need to call it directly at / | ||
