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Installing Git on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows

Installing Git on Linux

Determine on which Linux distribution your system is based on. See List of Linux distributions – Wikipedia for a list. Most Linux systems – including Ubuntu – are Debian-based.

Debian-based Linux systems

Open a terminal window. Copy & paste the following into the terminal window and hit Return. You may be prompted to enter your password.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git

Install git on Ubuntu

From the launchpad git-core ppa

The most current stable version of Git for Ubuntu.

For release candidates, go to https://launchpad.net/~git-core/+archive/candidate. More info: https://launchpad.net/~git-core/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa --yes --update
sudo apt-get install git --yes
apt commands output
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa --yes --update
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpk8m4os6a/secring.gpg' created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpk8m4os6a/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: requesting key E1DF1F24 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmpk8m4os6a/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key E1DF1F24: public key "Launchpad PPA for Ubuntu Git Maintainers" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK
$ sudo apt-get install git --yes
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  git-man libpcre2-8-0
Suggested packages:
  git-daemon-run | git-daemon-sysvinit git-doc git-el git-email git-gui gitk gitweb git-cvs git-mediawiki git-svn
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libpcre2-8-0
The following packages will be upgraded:
  git git-man
...
Preparing to unpack .../git_1%3a2.21.0-0ppa1~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking git (1:2.21.0-0ppa1~ubuntu16.04.1) over (1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.6) ...
Preparing to unpack .../git-man_1%3a2.21.0-0ppa1~ubuntu16.04.1_all.deb ...
Unpacking git-man (1:2.21.0-0ppa1~ubuntu16.04.1) over (1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.6) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libpcre2-8-0:amd64.
Preparing to unpack .../libpcre2-8-0_10.21-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libpcre2-8-0:amd64 (10.21-1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu11) ...
Setting up libpcre2-8-0:amd64 (10.21-1) ...
Setting up git-man (1:2.21.0-0ppa1~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Setting up git (1:2.21.0-0ppa1~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu11) ...
$ git --version
git version 2.21.0
hub version 2.11.2

hub: use GitHub from the command-line hub is an extension to command-line git that helps you do everyday GitHub tasks without ever leaving the terminal

Hope that helps someone.

Virgil

You can use Git now.

Red Hat-based Linux systems

Open a terminal. Copy & paste the following into the terminal window and hit Return. You may be prompted to enter your password.

sudo yum upgrade
sudo yum install git

You can use Git now.

Installing Git on a Mac

Open a terminal window.

Step 1 – Install Homebrew

Homebrew […] simplifies the installation of software on the Mac OS X operating system.

Homebrew – Wikipedia

Copy & paste the following into the terminal window and hit Return.

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
brew doctor

You will be offered to install the Command Line Developer Tools from Apple. Confirm by clicking Install. After the installation finished, continue installing Homebrew by hitting Return again.

Step 2 – Install Git

Copy & paste the following into the terminal window and hit Return.

brew install git

You can use Git now.

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