Git installation on Ubuntu is pretty simple. If you are looking for git instatlling on the RHEL or Rocky or Oracle Linux you can use this
link.
Now most of the software projects are using Git. So let's do installation on Ubuntu wit the following steps:
- Check for Git exists
- Install Git
- Confirm Git Installation
Pre-requisites:
Pick an instance on Cloud or online terminal of Ubuntu 20+ version to this experiment. Here I'm using the KillerCoda provided Ubuntu.
Check for Git exists
This is a common requirement when you join a new project and on the Linux machine you would like to know git installed or not. We have couple of options to check it. Let's do it here:
dpkg -l git
#or
dpkg --list git
In the output first 'ii' in the list means (if there are packages installed, you should see this mark) that the package is correctly installed and available.
alternatively you can also try other option to check git installation on Ubuntu.
apt list git
#or
apt list git -a
Or else you can simply use `git` it will works and provides git command help when git already installed.
git
We can see that it is not the latest version as of now, So I wish to get installed the latest Git version on Ubuntu 24.04.
Install Git from source
1. we will download our desired verison of Git tarball, untar it, enter into the extracted directory.
2. Build git from the source code using 'make' tool
3. Run the installation using 'make install'
# install pre-requisite libraries
sudo apt update
sudo apt install make libssl-dev libghc-zlib-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libexpat1-dev gettext unzip
# Download your desired version
wget https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-2.48.1.tar.gz
tar -zxf git-*.tar.gz
cd git-2.48.1
make prefix=/usr/local all
sudo make prefix=/usr/local install
Now Build steps
Confirmation of Git Installation
You know already know multiple ways to check git existing version on your Ubuntu. Let's quickly validate it git command with `--version` opton.
git --version
Auomation in mind: Git desired version on Ubuntu
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#!/bin/bash
#Measurable automation - this will calculate duration of this script execution
SECONDS=0
# This can be passed as command line arugument
GIT_VERSION="2.48.1"
if ! sudo apt update; then
echo "Failed to update package list"
exit 1
fi
rm -rf git*
# Install the dependency libraries
sudo apt install -y make libssl-dev libghc-zlib-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libexpat1-dev gettext unzip
# Download the desired git tarball
wget https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-$GIT_VERSION.tar.gz
tar -zxf git-*.tar.gz
cd git-$GIT_VERSION
pwd
# compile the source code and install
make prefix=/usr/local all
sudo make prefix=/usr/local install
# Validate git installed version
git --version | grep ${GIT_VERSION}
[ $? -eq 0 ] && echo "Git installed latest version successfully!"
echo "Execution time: $SECONDS seconds"
Magical way of Git installation
The beatiful output of the above bash script is here:
If you encounter any issues during the installation, you may want to check your internet connection or ensure that your package manager is up to date. Additionally, it’s helpful to refer to the official Git documentation for troubleshooting tips and further configuration options.
Please Write your valuable comments with your git installation experiments and any issues that you faced. Happy learning!!
