Once this is done, we can check the installed version running in the same terminal:Īs I said lines above, we will not be able to update git using apt. This compilation process can take a while, so there will be a wait. Once in there we will run the following commands to compile and install Git: cd /usr/src/git-* When the download is finished, we are going to move to the directory where we placed the previously unzipped package. For this we will use the following script: In it and thanks to the tool wget, we are going to download and extract the Git source into the directory / usr / src. The next thing we will do is return to the terminal. At the moment that I write these lines, the latest stable version of Git available on this page is' 2.26.2': Once in it we will have to copy the last URL of the link that ends in. The next step will be visit through the web browser the releases page of the project in GitHub. Sudo apt update sudo apt install dh-autoreconf libcurl4-gnutls-dev libexpat1-dev make gettext libz-dev libssl-dev libghc-zlib-dev We will achieve this by executing the following commands in a terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T): If you decide to install from source, you just have to start by installing the dependencies needed to build Git on our Ubuntu 20.04 system. However, we will not be able to maintain our Git installation using the apt package manager. The main advantage of installing Git from source is that you can compile the latest version of Git and customize the build options. All you have to do is run the following commands in a terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T):Īfter the installation, we will be able check the installed git version running the following command in the same terminal:Īt the moment that I write these lines, the current version of Git available in the Ubuntu 20.04 repositories is the 2.25.1. This is the most convenient and easy way to install Git on Ubuntu.Īs I say, the installation is quite simple. For this reason, users will be able to install it very easily from the apt package manager. The package Git is included in the default Ubuntu repositories.
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