git Installation in Linux

Debian / Ubuntu (apt-get)

Git packages are available via apt:

From your shell, install Git using apt-get:

 sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get install git

Verify the installation was successful by typing git --version:

git --version

git version 2.9.2

Configure your Git username and email using the following commands, replacing Emma's name with your own. These details will be associated with any commits that you create:

$ git config --global user.name "Saidul Haque"

$ git config --global user.email "saidul@songzog.com"

Fedora (dnf/yum)

Git packages are available via both yum and dnf:

From your shell, install Git using dnf (or yum, on older versions of Fedora):

sudo dnf install git

or

sudo yum install git