This guide will go through how to install Git on Oracle Linux. Git is free and open-source software for distributed version control, which tracks changes in any set of files. It is commonly used to manage the efforts of programmers working together to create source code for software.
How to Install Git on Oracle Linux
- Update your system packages.
sudo dnf update- Next, install Git using the following command.
sudo dnf install git -ySample output
Dependencies resolved. ===================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size ===================================================================== Installing: git x86_64 2.31.1-2.el9.2 ol9_appstream 149 k Installing dependencies: git-core x86_64 2.31.1-2.el9.2 ol9_appstream 3.7 M git-core-doc noarch 2.31.1-2.el9.2 ol9_appstream 3.4 M perl-Error noarch 1:0.17029-7.el9 ol9_appstream 57 k perl-Git noarch 2.31.1-2.el9.2 ol9_appstream 48 k perl-TermReadKey x86_64 2.38-11.el9 ol9_appstream 42 k perl-lib x86_64 0.65-479.el9 ol9_appstream 24 k Transaction Summary ===================================================================== Install 7 Packages Total download size: 7.4 M Installed size: 32 M Downloading Packages: (1/7): git-2.31.1-2.el9.2.x86_64.rpm 32 kB/s | 149 kB 00:04 (2/7): perl-Error-0.17029-7.el9.noar 21 kB/s | 57 kB 00:02 (3/7): perl-Git-2.31.1-2.el9.2.noarc 19 kB/s | 48 kB 00:02 (4/7): git-core-2.31.1-2.el9.2.x86_6 377 kB/s | 3.7 MB 00:09 (5/7): perl-lib-0.65-479.el9.x86_64. 11 kB/s | 24 kB 00:02 (6/7): perl-TermReadKey-2.38-11.el9. 12 kB/s | 42 kB 00:03 (7/7): git-core-doc-2.31.1-2.el9.2.n 255 kB/s | 3.4 MB 00:13 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 551 kB/s | 7.4 MB 00:13 Running transaction check Transaction check succeeded. Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded. Running transaction Preparing : 1/1 Installing : git-core-2.31.1-2.el9.2.x86_64 1/7 Installing : git-core-doc-2.31.1-2.el9.2.noarch 2/7 Installing : perl-lib-0.65-479.el9.x86_64 3/7 Installing : perl-TermReadKey-2.38-11.el9.x86_64 4/7 Installing : perl-Error-1:0.17029-7.el9.noarch 5/7 Installing : perl-Git-2.31.1-2.el9.2.noarch 6/7 Installing : git-2.31.1-2.el9.2.x86_64 7/7 Running scriptlet: git-2.31.1-2.el9.2.x86_64 7/7 Verifying : git-2.31.1-2.el9.2.x86_64 1/7 Verifying : git-core-2.31.1-2.el9.2.x86_64 2/7 Verifying : git-core-doc-2.31.1-2.el9.2.noarch 3/7 Verifying : perl-Error-1:0.17029-7.el9.noarch 4/7 Verifying : perl-Git-2.31.1-2.el9.2.noarch 5/7 Verifying : perl-TermReadKey-2.38-11.el9.x86_64 6/7 Verifying : perl-lib-0.65-479.el9.x86_64 7/7 Installed: git-2.31.1-2.el9.2.x86_64 git-core-2.31.1-2.el9.2.x86_64 git-core-doc-2.31.1-2.el9.2.noarch perl-Error-1:0.17029-7.el9.noarch perl-Git-2.31.1-2.el9.2.noarch perl-TermReadKey-2.38-11.el9.x86_64 perl-lib-0.65-479.el9.x86_64 Complete!
Configure GIT
- Start by adding your name.
git config --global user.name "YOUR NAME"- Then add your email using the following command.
git config --global user.email "YOUR EMAIL"- Next, navigate to the directory with the files you want to push to git. In the example below I will create a demo directory using the command below.
mkdir demo- The change to the directory created above.
cd demo- After navigating to your directory, initialize git using the following command.
git init- To view more GIT info on the initialized directory run the command below.
ls -a .git- Print out the configuration details on the terminal using the following command.
git config --listSample output
user.name=itnixpro [email protected] core.repositoryformatversion=0 core.filemode=true core.bare=false core.logallrefupdates=true
Uninstall GIT on Oracle Linux
- Remove GIT from your system using the following command.
sudo dnf autoremove git- That marks the end of our article, we have gone through how to install Git on Oracle Linux.
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