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Merge pull request #436 from progit/basic_linux_install
[RFC] Add companions packages of git for linux installs
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==== Installing on Linux
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(((Linux, installing)))
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If you want to install Git on Linux via a binary installer, you can generally do so through the basic package-management tool that comes with your distribution.
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If you want to install the basic Git tools on Linux via a binary installer, you can generally do so through the basic package-management tool that comes with your distribution.
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If you're on Fedora for example, you can use yum:
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[source,console]
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$ sudo yum install git
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$ sudo yum install git-all
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If you're on a Debian-based distribution like Ubuntu, try apt-get:
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$ sudo apt-get install git
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$ sudo apt-get install git-all
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For more options, there are instructions for installing on several different Unix flavors on the Git website, at http://git-scm.com/download/linux[].

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