Installing and configuring P4Merge for Git on Ubuntu

install.log

# based on http://blogs.pdmlab.com/alexander.zeitler/articles/installing-and-configuring-p4merge-for-git-on-ubuntu/

$ cd ~/Downloads

$ wget https://cdist2.perforce.com/perforce/r18.2/bin.linux26x86_64/p4v.tgz

$ tar zxvf p4v.tgz

$ sudo mkdir /opt/p4v

$ cd p4v-2018.2.1666551

$ sudo mv * /opt/p4v

$ sudo ln -s /opt/p4v/bin/p4merge /usr/local/bin/p4merge

~/.gitconfig
[color]
    ui = true
    diff = true
    branch = auto
    status = auto
[alias]
  new = checkout -b
  co = checkout
  ci = commit
  cm = commit -m
  cam = commit -am
  ca = commit --amend # careful
  st = status
  br = branch
  lg = log --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen--> %cr%Creset by %Cblue%cN <%cE>%Creset' --abbre
v-commit --date=relative
  hist = log --pretty=format:\"%h %ad | %s%d [%an]\" --graph --date=short
  type = cat-file -t
  dump = cat-file -p
  s = status --short
  a = !git add . && git status
  au = !git add -u . && git statustus
  aa = !git add . && git add -u . && git status
  ac = !git add . && git commit
  acm = !git add . && git commit -m
  put = push origin HEAD
  get = pull origin HEAD
[merge]
    keepBackup = false;
    tool = p4merge
[mergetool]
    prompt = false
[mergetool "p4merge"]
    cmd = p4merge "$BASE" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" "$MERGED"
    keepTemporaries = false
    trustExitCode = false
    keepBackup = false
[diff]
    tool = p4merge
[difftool]
    prompt = false
[difftool "p4merge"]
    cmd = p4merge "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
    keepTemporaries = false
    trustExitCode = false
    keepBackup = false

$ sudo ln -s /opt/p4v/bin/p4merge /usr/local/bin/p4merge What does this command do?

ALso, when I type:
$ sudo mkdir /opt/p4v
where is the opt directory created? in Downloads? or in Home?

@mrgiraldoo

$ sudo ln -s /opt/p4v/bin/p4merge /usr/local/bin/p4merge What does this command do?

It create symbolic link from /opt/p4v/bin/p4merge to /usr/local/bin/p4merge

ALso, when I type:
$ sudo mkdir /opt/p4v
where is the opt directory created? in Downloads? or in Home?

in root dir /

Thanks a lot for taking the time to repply. I was having issues installing p4merge, I think your post just saved me, I have run the configs with git, let's see if it works :)

$ cd p4v-2018.2.1666551
doesnt work
ver is different

$ cd p4v-2018.2.1666551
doesnt work
ver is different

of course, this log was made in 2018 :)

Thanks 😃

thx!