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How to Install the Latest git on CentOS 5 from Source

To install the latest git on CentOS 5 you will need to install from source since the yum repos are typically fairly far behind. Follow the instructions below and installing git will be a snap.

1. Install Dependencies: First we need to install a couple packages via yum to cover the dependencies for building git from source.

[root@server ~]#yum install curl-devel
[root@server ~]#yum install expat-devel
[root@server ~]#yum install gettext-devel
[root@server ~]#yum install openssl-devel
[root@server ~]#yum install zlib-devel 

[root@server ~]#yum install curl-devel
[root@server ~]#yum install expat-devel
[root@server ~]#yum install gettext-devel
[root@server ~]#yum install openssl-devel
[root@server ~]#yum install zlib-devel

[root@server ~]#cd /usr/local/src
[root@server ~]# wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-1.6.0.4.tar.gz

[root@server ~]#cd /usr/local/src
[root@server ~]# wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-1.6.0.4.tar.gz

[root@server ~]#tar -zxvf git-1.6.0.4.tar.gz
[root@server ~]#cd git-1.6.0.4
[root@server ~]#make prefix=/usr/local all

[root@server ~]#tar -zxvf git-1.6.0.4.tar.gz
[root@server ~]#cd git-1.6.0.4
[root@server ~]#make prefix=/usr/local all

[root@server ~]#make prefix=/usr/local/ install

[root@server ~]#make prefix=/usr/local/ install

[root@server ~]#cd /usr/local/src
[root@server ~]#wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-manpages-1.6.0.4.tar.gz

[root@server ~]#cd /usr/local/src
[root@server ~]#wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-manpages-1.6.0.4.tar.gz

[root@server ~]#cd /usr/local/share/man
[root@server ~]#tar -zxvf /usr/local/src/git-manpages-1.6.0.4.tar.gz

[root@server ~]#cd /usr/local/share/man
[root@server ~]#tar -zxvf /usr/local/src/git-manpages-1.6.0.4.tar.gz

[root@server ~]#git --version
[root@server ~]#man git

[root@server ~]#git --version
[root@server ~]#man git

After following the above steps you should be able to successfully use git.