How to install Git and the latest version on CentOS 6.x/7.x

Mode one, yum installation

# yum Install git

installed through the Yum mode, version is older, CentOS6.5 installed on the 1.7.1 version. If you want to install the latest version or other version, you need to use the source code to compile the installation method.

Mode two, source package installation

Step 1. Install dependent packages

# yum Install curl-devel expat-devel gettext-devel openssl-devel zlib-devel# yum install gcc Perl-extutils-makemaker

Step 2. Uninstall the old git version (if you have previously installed RPM packages)

# yum Remove git

Step 3. Download & Unzip

# cd/usr/src# wget https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-2.5.0.tar.gz# tar-zxvf git-2.5.0.tar.gz

or # wget https://github.com/git/git/archive/v2.5.0.tar.gz Download

Step 4. Compiling the installation

# CD git-2.5.0# make prefix=/usr/local/git all# make Prefix=/usr/local/git install# echo "Export path= $PATH:/usr/local/gi T/bin ">>/etc/bashrc# SOURCE/ETC/BASHRC

Step 5. Check git version

# git--versiongit version 2.5.0

Reference: Http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21820715/how-to-install-latest-version-of-git-on-centos-6-x-7-x

How to install Git and the latest version on CentOS 6.x/7.x