As of this writing, CentOS 6.5 has a default git version of 1.7.1-2. This version is what you will have installed if you run the typical install command:
- # yum install git
However, GitHub and many other services require git version 1.7.10 or higher. It turns out there is a very easy way to get git. You need to do this from a privileged account, but then the process is simple.
Add RPM Forge to Yum Repos
- # wget 'http://packages.sw.be/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.3-1.el6.rf.x86_64.rpm'
- # rpm --import http://apt.sw.be/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt
- # rpm -i 'http://packages.sw.be/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.3-1.el6.rf.x86_64.rpm'
- # yum clean all
Install New Version from RPM Forge
- # cd /etc/yum.repos.d
- # vim (or whatever) rpmforge.repo
change the enabled=0 flag to enabled=1 in the section labelled [rpmforge-extras].
- # yum update
- # yum provides git
This will return a longer list of available git modules.
Install the newer git by copying the FULL REPO NAME. For example:
- # yum install git-1.7.12.4-1.el6.rfx.x86_64
- # git --version
You should have the new release installed.
Now go back and edit rpmforge.repo and disable the rpmforge-extras repository. Then ensure the yum directory is cleaned up.