How can git be installed on CENTOS 5.5?

Git Problem Overview

How can I install git on CENTOS 5.5 machine? I tried to install it from yum but got following msg.

root@host [~]# sudo yum install git
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile




addons: centos.mirrors.tds.net
base: mirror.ubiquityservers.com
extras: mirrors.serveraxis.net
updates: pubmirrors.reflected.net
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base                                                     | 2.1 kB     00:00
extras                                                   | 2.1 kB     00:00
updates                                                  | 1.9 kB     00:00
Excluding Packages in global exclude list
Finished
Setting up Install Process
No package git available.
Nothing to do
root@host [~]#

addons: centos.mirrors.tds.net
base: mirror.ubiquityservers.com
extras: mirrors.serveraxis.net
updates: pubmirrors.reflected.net
addons                                                   |  951 B     00:00
base                                                     | 2.1 kB     00:00
extras                                                   | 2.1 kB     00:00
updates                                                  | 1.9 kB     00:00
Excluding Packages in global exclude list
Finished
Setting up Install Process
No package git available.
Nothing to do
root@host [~]#

Git Solutions

Solution 1 - Git

If you are using CentOS the built in yum repositories don't seem to have git included and as such, you will need to add an additional repository to the system. For my servers I found that the Webtatic repository seems to be reasonably up to date and the installation for git will then be as follows:

# Add the repository
rpm -Uvh http://repo.webtatic.com/yum/centos/5/latest.rpm

# Install the latest version of git
yum install --enablerepo=webtatic git-all

To work around Missing Dependency: perl(Git) errors:

yum install --enablerepo=webtatic --disableexcludes=main  git-all

Solution 2 - Git

From source? From the repos? The easiest way is to use the repos: sudo yum install git should do it. It may first be necessary to set up an additional repo such as EPEL first if git is not provided by the main repos.

If you want to install from source, you can try these instructions. If you have yum-utils installed it's actually easier than that, too**:

sudo yum build-dep git
wget http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/<latest-git-source>.tar.gz
tar -xvjf <latest-git>.tar.gz
cd <git>
make (possibly a ./configure before this)
sudo make install

**Substitute the portions enclosed in <> with the paths you need. Exact procedure may vary slightly as I have not compiled git from source, personally (there may be a configure script, for example). If you have no idea what I'm talking about, then you may want to just install from the repo as per my first suggestion.

Solution 3 - Git

Just:

sudo rpm -Uvh https://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/epel/5/i386/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm
sudo yum install git-core

Solution 4 - Git

I've tried few methods from this question and they all failed on my CentOs, either because of the wrong repos or missing files.

Here is the method which works for me (when installing version 1.7.8):

    yum -y install zlib-devel openssl-devel cpio expat-devel gettext-devel
    wget http://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-1.7.8.tar.gz
    tar -xzvf ./git-1.7.8.tar.gz
    cd ./git-1.7.8
    ./configure
    make
    make install

You may want to download a different version from here: http://code.google.com/p/git-core/downloads/list

Solution 5 - Git

For installing git

install last epel-release

>rpm -Uvh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm

Install git from repository

> yum install git

Solution 6 - Git

I'm sure this question is about to die now that RHEL 5 is nearing end of life, but the answer seems to have gotten a lot simpler now:

sudo yum install epel-release
sudo yum install git

worked for me on a fresh install of CentOS 5.11.

Solution 7 - Git

yum -y install zlib-devel openssl-devel cpio expat-devel gettext-devel gcc
wget http://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-1.7.11.4.tar.gz
tar zxvf git-1.7.11.4.tar.gz 
cd git-1.7.11.4
./configure 
make
make install

Solution 8 - Git

OK, there is more to it than that, you need zlib. zlib is part of CentOS, but you need the development form to get zlib.h ... notice that the yum name of zlib development is quite different possibly than for apt-get on ubuntu/debian, what follows actually works with my CentOS version
in particular, you do ./configure on git, then try make, and the first build fails with missing zlib.h

I used a two-step procedure to resolve this a) Got RPMFORGE for my version of CentOS

See: www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=18506&forum=38 and this: wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/RPMForge

In my case [as root, or with sudo]

$ wget http://packages.sw.be/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm
$ rpm -K rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.*.rpm
$ rpm -i rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.*.rpm
## Note: the RPM for rpmforge is small (like 12.3K) but don't let that fool
## you; it augments yum the next time you use yum
## [this is the name that YUM found] (still root or sudo)
$ yum install zlib-devel.x86_64
## and finally in the source directory for git (still root or sudo):
$ ./configure (this worked before, but I ran it again to be sure)
$ make
$ make install

(this install put it by default in /usr/local/bin/git ... not my favorite choice, but OK for the default)... and git works fine!

Solution 9 - Git

It looks like the repos for CentOS 5 are disappearing. Most of the ones mentioned in this question are no longer online, don't seem to have Git, or have a really old version of Git. Below is the script I use to build OpenSSL, IDN2, PCRE, cURL and Git from sources. Both the git:// and https:// protocols will be available for cloning.

Over time the names of the archives will need to be updates. For example, as of this writing, openssl-1.0.2k.tar.gz is the latest available in the 1.0.2 family.

Dale Anderson's answer using RHEL repos looks good at the moment, but its a fairly old version. Red Hat provides Git version 1.8, while the script below builds 2.12 from sources.

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# OpenSSL installs into lib64/, while cURL installs into lib/
INSTALL_ROOT=/usr/local
INSTALL_LIB32="$INSTALL_ROOT/lib"
INSTALL_LIB64="$INSTALL_ROOT/lib64"

OPENSSL_TAR=openssl-1.0.2k.tar.gz
OPENSSL_DIR=openssl-1.0.2k

ZLIB_TAR=zlib-1.2.11.tar.gz
ZLIB_DIR=zlib-1.2.11

UNISTR_TAR=libunistring-0.9.7.tar.gz
UNISTR_DIR=libunistring-0.9.7

IDN2_TAR=libidn2-0.16.tar.gz
IDN2_DIR=libidn2-0.16

PCRE_TAR=pcre2-10.23.tar.gz
PCRE_DIR=pcre2-10.23

CURL_TAR=curl-7.53.1.tar.gz
CURL_DIR=curl-7.53.1

GIT_TAR=v2.12.2.tar.gz
GIT_DIR=git-2.12.2

###############################################################################

# I don't like doing this, but...
read -s -p "Please enter password for sudo: " SUDO_PASSWWORD

###############################################################################

echo
echo "********** zLib **********"

wget "http://www.zlib.net/$ZLIB_TAR" -O "$ZLIB_TAR"

if [[ "$?" -ne "0" ]]; then
	echo "Failed to download zLib"
	[[ "$0" = "$BASH_SOURCE" ]] && exit 1 || return 1
fi

rm -rf "$ZLIB_DIR" &>/dev/null
tar -xzf "$ZLIB_TAR"
cd "$ZLIB_DIR"

LIBS="-ldl -lpthread" ./configure --enable-shared --libdir="$INSTALL_LIB64"

if [[ "$?" -ne "0" ]]; then
	echo "Failed to configure zLib"
	[[ "$0" = "$BASH_SOURCE" ]] && exit 1 || return 1
fi

make -j 4

if [ "$?" -ne "0" ]; then
	echo "Failed to build zLib"
	[[ "$0" = "$BASH_SOURCE" ]] && exit 1 || return 1
fi

echo "$SUDO_PASSWWORD" | sudo -S make install

cd ..

###############################################################################

echo
echo "********** Unistring **********"

# https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=26786
wget "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libunistring/$UNISTR_TAR" --no-check-certificate -O "$UNISTR_TAR"

if [[ "$?" -ne "0" ]]; then
	echo "Failed to download IDN"
	[[ "$0" = "$BASH_SOURCE" ]] && exit 1 || return 1
fi

rm -rf "$UNISTR_DIR" &>/dev/null
tar -xzf "$UNISTR_TAR"
cd "$UNISTR_DIR"

LIBS="-ldl -lpthread" ./configure --enable-shared --libdir="$INSTALL_LIB64"

if [[ "$?" -ne "0" ]]; then
	echo "Failed to configure IDN"
	[[ "$0" = "$BASH_SOURCE" ]] && exit 1 || return 1
fi

make -j 4

if [ "$?" -ne "0" ]; then
	echo "Failed to build IDN"
	[[ "$0" = "$BASH_SOURCE" ]] && exit 1 || return 1
fi

echo "$SUDO_PASSWWORD" | sudo -S make install

cd ..

###############################################################################

echo
echo "********** IDN **********"

# https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=26786
wget "https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/libidn/$IDN2_TAR" --no-check-certificate -O "$IDN2_TAR"

if [[ "$?" -ne "0" ]]; then
	echo "Failed to download IDN"
	[[ "$0" = "$BASH_SOURCE" ]] && exit 1 || return 1
fi

rm -rf "$IDN2_DIR" &>/dev/null
tar -xzf "$IDN2_TAR"
cd "$IDN2_DIR"

LIBS="-ldl -lpthread" ./configure --enable-shared --libdir="$INSTALL_LIB64"

if [[ "$?" -ne "0" ]]; then
	echo "Failed to configure IDN"
	[[ "$0" = "$BASH_SOURCE" ]] && exit 1 || return 1
fi

make -j 4

if [ "$?" -ne "0" ]; then
	echo "Failed to build IDN"
	[[ "$0" = "$BASH_SOURCE" ]] && exit 1 || return 1
fi

echo "$SUDO_PASSWWORD" | sudo -S make install

cd ..

###############################################################################

echo
echo "********** OpenSSL **********"

wget "https://www.openssl.org/source/$OPENSSL_TAR" -O "$OPENSSL_TAR"

if [[ "$?" -ne "0" ]]; then
	echo "Failed to download OpenSSL"
	[[ "$0" = "$BASH_SOURCE" ]] && exit 1 || return 1
fi

rm -rf "$OPENSSL_DIR" &>/dev/null
tar -xzf "$OPENSSL_TAR"
cd "$OPENSSL_DIR"

# OpenSSL and enable-ec_nistp_64_gcc_12 option
IS_X86_64=$(uname -m 2>&1 | egrep -i -c "(amd64|x86_64)")

CONFIG=./config
CONFIG_FLAGS=(no-ssl2 no-ssl3 no-comp shared "-Wl,-rpath,$INSTALL_LIB64" --prefix="$INSTALL_ROOT" --openssldir="$INSTALL_ROOT")
if [[ "$IS_X86_64" -eq "1" ]]; then
	CONFIG_FLAGS+=("enable-ec_nistp_64_gcc_128")
fi

"$CONFIG" "${CONFIG_FLAGS[@]}"

if [[ "$?" -ne "0" ]]; then
	echo "Failed to configure OpenSSL"
	[[ "$0" = "$BASH_SOURCE" ]] && exit 1 || return 1
fi

make depend
make -j 4

if [ "$?" -ne "0" ]; then
	echo "Failed to build OpenSSL"
	[[ "$0" = "$BASH_SOURCE" ]] && exit 1 || return 1
fi

echo "$SUDO_PASSWWORD" | sudo -S make install_sw

cd ..

###############################################################################

echo
echo "********** PCRE **********"

# https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=26786
wget "https://ftp.pcre.org/pub/pcre//$PCRE_TAR" --no-check-certificate -O "$PCRE_TAR"

if [[ "$?" -ne "0" ]]; then
	echo "Failed to download PCRE"
	[[ "$0" = "$BASH_SOURCE" ]] && exit 1 || return 1
fi

rm -rf "$PCRE_DIR" &>/dev/null
tar -xzf "$PCRE_TAR"
cd "$PCRE_DIR"

make configure
CPPFLAGS="-I$INSTALL_ROOT/include" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath,$INSTALL_LIB64 -L$INSTALL_LIB64" \
    LIBS="-lidn2 -lz -ldl -lpthread" ./configure --enable-shared --enable-pcre2-8 --enable-pcre2-16 --enable-pcre2-32 \
    --enable-unicode-properties --enable-pcregrep-libz --prefix="$INSTALL_ROOT" --libdir="$INSTALL_LIB64"

if [[ "$?" -ne "0" ]]; then
	echo "Failed to configure PCRE"
	[[ "$0" = "$BASH_SOURCE" ]] && exit 1 || return 1
fi

make all -j 4

if [ "$?" -ne "0" ]; then
	echo "Failed to build PCRE"
	[[ "$0" = "$BASH_SOURCE" ]] && exit 1 || return 1
fi

echo "$SUDO_PASSWWORD" | sudo -S make install

cd ..

###############################################################################

echo
echo "********** cURL **********"

# https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=26786
wget "https://curl.haxx.se/download/$CURL_TAR" --no-check-certificate -O "$CURL_TAR"

if [[ "$?" -ne "0" ]]; then
	echo "Failed to download cURL"
	[[ "$0" = "$BASH_SOURCE" ]] && exit 1 || return 1
fi

rm -rf "$CURL_DIR" &>/dev/null
tar -xzf "$CURL_TAR"
cd "$CURL_DIR"

CPPFLAGS="-I$INSTALL_ROOT/include" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath,$INSTALL_LIB64 -L$INSTALL_LIB64" \
    LIBS="-lidn2 -lssl -lcrypto -lz -ldl -lpthread" \
    ./configure --enable-shared --with-ssl="$INSTALL_ROOT" --with-libidn2="$INSTALL_ROOT" --libdir="$INSTALL_LIB64"

if [[ "$?" -ne "0" ]]; then
	echo "Failed to configure cURL"
	[[ "$0" = "$BASH_SOURCE" ]] && exit 1 || return 1
fi

make -j 4

if [ "$?" -ne "0" ]; then
	echo "Failed to build cURL"
	[[ "$0" = "$BASH_SOURCE" ]] && exit 1 || return 1
fi

echo "$SUDO_PASSWWORD" | sudo -S make install

cd ..

###############################################################################

echo
echo "********** Git **********"

wget "https://github.com/git/git/archive/$GIT_TAR" -O "$GIT_TAR"

if [[ "$?" -ne "0" ]]; then
	echo "Failed to download Git"
	[[ "$0" = "$BASH_SOURCE" ]] && exit 1 || return 1
fi

rm -rf "$GIT_DIR" &>/dev/null
tar -xzf "$GIT_TAR"
cd "$GIT_DIR"

make configure
CPPFLAGS="-I$INSTALL_ROOT/include" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath,$INSTALL_LIB64,-rpath,$INSTALL_LIB32 -L$INSTALL_LIB64 -L$INSTALL_LIB32" \
    LIBS="-lidn2 -lssl -lcrypto -lz -ldl -lpthread" ./configure --with-openssl --with-curl --with-libpcre --prefix="$INSTALL_ROOT"

if [[ "$?" -ne "0" ]]; then
	echo "Failed to configure Git"
	[[ "$0" = "$BASH_SOURCE" ]] && exit 1 || return 1
fi

make all -j 4

if [ "$?" -ne "0" ]; then
	echo "Failed to build Git"
	[[ "$0" = "$BASH_SOURCE" ]] && exit 1 || return 1
fi

MAKE=make
MAKE_FLAGS=(install)
if [[ ! -z `which asciidoc 2>/dev/null | grep -v 'no asciidoc'` ]]; then
	if [[ ! -z `which xmlto 2>/dev/null | grep -v 'no xmlto'` ]]; then
		MAKE_FLAGS+=("install-doc" "install-html" "install-info")
	fi
fi

echo "$SUDO_PASSWWORD" | sudo -S "$MAKE" "${MAKE_FLAGS[@]}"

cd ..

###############################################################################

echo
echo "********** Cleanup **********"

rm -rf "$OPENSSL_TAR  $OPENSSL_DIR  $UNISTR_TAR  $UNISTR_DIR  $CURL_TAR  $CURL_DIR"
rm -rf "$PCRE_TAR $PCRE_DIR $ZLIB_TAR $ZLIB_DIR $IDN2_TAR $IDN2_DIR $GIT_TAR $GIT_DIR"

[[ "$0" = "$BASH_SOURCE" ]] && exit 0 || return 0

Solution 10 - Git

Just updating this for 2017 and later, as CentOS 5 has reached EOL and the URL for EPEL has changed:

sudo rpm -Uvh http://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/epel/5/x86_64/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm
sudo yum install git

This gets you git 1.8.2.3

Solution 11 - Git

Just installed git using the following instructions:

Install EPEL V5
#rpm -Uvh http://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/epel/5/x86_64/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm
Install Git
# yum install git git-daemon
Check
# git --version
git version 1.8.2.3
Optionally install Git GUI
# yum install git-gui

For i386 substitute x86_64 by i386 in the URL at step #1.

#rpm -Uvh http://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/epel/5/i386/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm

Solution 12 - Git

This worked for me on CentOS:

Install dependencies:

 yum -y install zlib-devel openssl-devel cpio expat-devel gettext-devel

Get Git

 cd /usr/local/src
 wget http://code.google.com/p/git-core/downloads/detail?name=git-1.7.8.3.tar.gz
 tar xvzf git-1.7.8.3.tar.gz
 cd git-1.7.8.3

Build Git
```
 ./configure
 make
 make install
```

Solution 13 - Git

Edit /etc/yum.repos.d/Centos* so that all lines that have enabled = 0 instead have enabled = 1.

Solution 14 - Git

yum -y install zlib-devel openssl-devel cpio expat-devel gettext-devel

Get the required version of GIT from https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/ 

wget https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/{version.gz}

tar -xzvf git-version.gz

cd git-version

./configure

make

make install

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