How to install Git from source code in Linux system

In Linux systems, you can use the source code to compile and install Git yourself. Compared with using binary package installation, the advantage of source code installation is that you can customize the installation options and install a Git version that is more suitable for you.

This article will introduce how to install Git from source code in Linux system.

Step one: Download the Git source code

First open the Git official website https://git-scm.com/, find "Downloads" on the homepage, click "Source code" to download the Git source code .

After the download is completed, unzip the source code package to the appropriate directory and enter the source code directory.

Step 2: Install dependencies

Before compiling and installing Git, you need to install some dependent libraries required by Git. The following are some common dependent libraries:

sudo apt-get install curl-devel expat-devel gettext-devel openssl-devel zlib-devel

Or

sudo yum install curl-devel expat-devel gettext-devel openssl-devel zlib-devel

If you are using another Linux distribution, you can install the corresponding dependencies according to the corresponding package management tool.

Step 3: Compile and install Git

After installing the dependencies, you can start compiling Git from the source code. Enter the following command to start compilation:

make prefix=/usr/local all

This command will generate a Git executable program, but it will not be installed on the system. If you want to install Git into the system, you can use the following command:

sudo make prefix=/usr/local install

This command will install the Git executable program into the system and create the libraries and configuration files required by Git.

Step 4: Check whether Git installation is successful

Use the following command to check whether Git is successfully installed:

git --version

If the installation is successful, the Git version number will be displayed.

Step 5: Add environment variables

In order to facilitate the use of Git commands, you can add Git to the system environment variables. You can add the following content to the ~/.bashrc file:

export PATH=/usr/local/git/bin:$PATH

After adding it, reload the environment variables:

source ~/.bashrc

Now you can use Git commands on the command line.

Conclusion:

Through the above steps, we can successfully install and use Git from source code in the Linux system. Compared with installation using binary packages, the advantage of source code installation is that you can choose your own installation options and better adapt to your own system environment.

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