Install Git on Linux, Mac or Windows

Windows

• Setting up Git on Windows OS is pretty simple.
• You will need to download the installer from Git website
• Run the downloaded .exe file.
• Follow the instructions in Dialog. It is strongly recommended that you keep the default settings.
• After installation is done. You can manage your git repository by Git GUI or can use Terminal.
• You can open a terminal/command prompt and check git –version to see if Git in installed correctly.

Mac OS

• There are different ways to install Git on Mac OS.
• You can install Git using Homebrew or by downloading the Git installer package from Git website.

Install Git via Homebrew

• If Homebrew is already installed you can skip these steps and move to Install Git

Install Homebrew

• Go to the Homebrew website
• Copy and paste the command on that page, under Install Homebrew into a terminal
• Follow steps. You might need to enter Password.
• Once done. You can install Git using Brew

Install Git

brew install git

Install Git via Package Installer

• Go to the Git website and download the current installer for your operating system.
• Double click on the downloaded file to begin the install.
• Click on the Continue button to begin the install
• Follow Instructions. Once done.
• You can open a terminal and check git –version to see if Git in installed correctly.

Linux

Debian and Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git

CentOS:

sudo yum install git

Fedora:

sudo yum install git-core

Arch Linux:

sudo pacman -Sy git

Gentoo:

sudo emerge --ask --verbose dev-vcs/git

• You can open a terminal and check git –version to see if Git in installed correctly.

In the next blog, we will see how to configure git to Pull a repository along with other commands.