Installing git

The transition of the UCSC source tree from CVS control to git control may require the installation of the git package on your operating system. Following are some examples of typical git install scenarios. Also see the install page in the Git Community Book.

CentOS

At this time the git package isn't a standard package available with the system install command yum. One user has solved this problem with the Webtatic package: git on centos 5, namely:

1. install webtatic: rpm -ivh http://repo.webtatic.com/yum/centos/5/`uname -i`/webtatic-release-5-0.noarch.rpm
2. continue with yum install: yum install --enablerepo=webtatic git-all

An example update of this on a CentOS 5.5 system updated the following packages:

Downloading Packages:
(1/17): perl-Net-SMTP-SSL-1.01-1.el5.rf.noarch.rpm       | 7.4 kB     00:00
(2/17): perl-Digest-HMAC-1.01-15.noarch.rpm              |  12 kB     00:00
(3/17): git-all-1.7.0.5-1.w5.x86_64.rpm                  |  12 kB     00:00
(4/17): perl-Git-1.7.0.5-1.w5.x86_64.rpm                 |  24 kB     00:00
(5/17): perl-TermReadKey-2.30-4.el5.x86_64.rpm           |  32 kB     00:00
(6/17): git-email-1.7.0.5-1.w5.x86_64.rpm                |  37 kB     00:00
(7/17): perl-IO-Socket-SSL-1.01-1.fc6.noarch.rpm         |  49 kB     00:00
(8/17): perl-Digest-SHA1-2.11-1.2.1.x86_64.rpm           |  49 kB     00:00
(9/17): perl-Authen-SASL-2.13-1.el5.rf.noarch.rpm        |  53 kB     00:00
(10/17): cvsps-2.1-7.el5.x86_64.rpm                      |  57 kB     00:00
(11/17): git-svn-1.7.0.5-1.w5.x86_64.rpm                 | 101 kB     00:00
(12/17): git-cvs-1.7.0.5-1.w5.x86_64.rpm                 | 107 kB     00:00
(13/17): gitk-1.7.0.5-1.w5.x86_64.rpm                    | 136 kB     00:00
(14/17): perl-Net-SSLeay-1.30-4.fc6.x86_64.rpm           | 192 kB     00:00
(15/17): git-gui-1.7.0.5-1.w5.x86_64.rpm                 | 251 kB     00:00
(16/17): tk-8.4.13-5.el5_1.1.x86_64.rpm                  | 901 kB     00:00
(17/17): git-1.7.0.5-1.w5.x86_64.rpm                     | 5.7 MB     00:02
#
Installed:
 git-all.x86_64 0:1.7.0.5-1.w5
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Dependency Installed:
 cvsps.x86_64 0:2.1-7.el5
 git-cvs.x86_64 0:1.7.0.5-1.w5
 git-email.x86_64 0:1.7.0.5-1.w5
 git-gui.x86_64 0:1.7.0.5-1.w5
 git-svn.x86_64 0:1.7.0.5-1.w5
 gitk.x86_64 0:1.7.0.5-1.w5
 perl-Authen-SASL.noarch 0:2.13-1.el5.rf
 perl-Digest-HMAC.noarch 0:1.01-15
 perl-Digest-SHA1.x86_64 0:2.11-1.2.1
 perl-IO-Socket-SSL.noarch 0:1.01-1.fc6
 perl-Net-SMTP-SSL.noarch 0:1.01-1.el5.rf
 perl-Net-SSLeay.x86_64 0:1.30-4.fc6
 perl-TermReadKey.x86_64 0:2.30-4.el5
 tk.x86_64 0:8.4.13-5.el5_1.1
#
Dependency Updated:
 git.x86_64 0:1.7.0.5-1.w5            perl-Git.x86_64 0:1.7.0.5-1.w5
#
Replaced:
 git.x86_64 0:1.5.2.1-1.el5.rf

Debian

Appears to install simply with aptitude:

aptitude install git-core
aptitude install git

Mac OS

$ sudo port install git-core

That seems pretty straight forward, but the problem is you may not have the 'port' command installed yet. That is a little more involved. To get this "MacPorts' system installed, please follow their installation procedures at: Guide MacPorts. This could be an extensive procedure depending upon what you may not yet have installed on your Mac since it needs the X11 system and the Xcode tools installed to get MacPorts installed. But once you have this 'port' command, you can install a vast array of interesting software quite easily.