Install GIT on shared hosting

This is needed when you need GIT and the server you are using is a shared host that does not already have GIT installed globally (eg. in /etc/bin or /usr/local/bin)

Step-by-step guide

1. First run gcc –version to make sure the compiler is installed and supports the installation.
2. Edit the .bashrc file and insert the following two lines:

   PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH export PATH

3. To install GIT v2.5.0 locally in the home folder of the hosting account issue the following commands:

   cd ~ source .bashrc mkdir src mkdir bin cd src wget https://github.com/git/git/tarball/v2.5.0 tar -xzvf v2.5.0 cd git-{whatever-src-checksum [see comment below if confused]} make -i NO_TCLTK=YesPlease NO_OPENSSL=YesPlease NO_CURL=YesPlease NO_EXPAT=YesPlease make install -i NO_TCLTK=YesPlease NO_OPENSSL=YesPlease NO_CURL=YesPlease NO_EXPAT=YesPlease

4. Make sure GIT is now installed in the correct location by typing ls ~/bin thengit –version. If successful you should see the GIT binaries in ~/bin and the git command should function as expected with the correct version displayed.

Comments

1. 

   Crispin Bixler

   for the step:

   cd git-{whatever…}

   Just list the files in the current directory to see the git folder. Mine looked like this “git-git-8d17201”.

   Or you can just:

   cd git-[press tab to autocomplete the folder name]

2. 

   Crispin Bixler

   Go here to check for the latest git version number: https://git-scm.com/downloads

   and update the v#.#.# in the commands above