Git a free and open-source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to large projects with speed and efficiency. It is a client for the Popular GitHub.
This tutorial will be helpful for the beginners to install git 2.28.0 in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, CentOS 8.X and Linux Mint 20
The latest version of GIT is 2.28.0 which is a stable version and it is released on 27th July 2020.
What’s new in Git 2.28.0?
For complete changelog refer the release notes
How to Install Git 2.28.0 in Ubuntu / Linux Mint & CentOS?
Two ways we can install Git
- Method 1: Via PPA
- Method 2: Via Source file
Method 1: Via PPA
Step 1: Add the Official PPA by GIT
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa
Step 2: Update the repository
sudo apt update
Step 3: Install Git 2.28.0
sudo apt install git
Method 2: Via Source File
Step 1: Install the required dependencies
For Ubuntu
apt install libssl-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev zlib1g-dev
For CentOS
yum install openssl-devel curl-devel expat-devel gettext-devel zlib-devel perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker
Step 2: Download the source file using the below command
wget https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-2.28.0.tar.gz
Step 3: Extract the package and configure it
tar -xvzf git-2.28.0.tar.gz && cd git-2.28.0 && ./configure –prefix=/usr/local/git
Step 4: Compile the GIT
make && make install
Verify the installed version using the below command
git –version
Your command line for “Step 3: Extract the package and configure it”, I believe there should be a hyphen (-) before “prefix”. I’m not sure what character it is that you used (–), but it caused an error when I ran the command.