Installing ag on CentOS

installSilverSearcherOnCentoOS

Installing ag on CentOS
Prerequistes

$ sudo yum install -y pcre-devel

$ sudo yum install xz-devel

$ cd /usr/local/src

$ sudo git clone https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher.git

$ cd the_silver_searcher

$ sudo ./build.sh

$ sudo make install

$ which ag
/usr/local/bin/ag

zlib-devel is necessary sometimes

# 0. Prerequistes
sudo yum install pcre-devel -y
sudo yum install xz-devel -y
sudo yum install zlib-devel -y 

# 1. Get the code
cd /usr/local/src
sudo git clone https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher.git

# 2. Build and install it
cd the_silver_searcher
sudo ./build.sh
sudo make install

# 3. Check it
which ag
# => /usr/local/bin/ag

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