With Xcode running on your Mac, you can check whether Git is also available by prompting for the Git version: git -version. The output should display the latest Git release, as in the example below. Git version 2.25.0 (Apple Git-66) If you do not have Git, it automatically asks. Dead tree versions are available on Amazon.com. Mac OS X: Windows: Linux/Unix: Older releases are available and the Git source repository is on GitHub. Latest source Release 2.28.0 Release Notes (2020-07-27) Download Source Code. Git comes with built-in GUI tools (git-gui. Install Git on Mac OS X There are several ways to install Git on a Mac. In fact, if you've installed XCode (or it's Command Line Tools), Git may already be installed. To find out, open a terminal and enter git -version. $ git -version git version 2.7.0 (Apple Git-66).
You can’t use Git until you make it available on your computer. There are a couple different ways you can install Git and make it available for use. The option you choose will depend on the system you are running.
In this article, I will show you how to install Git on a MAC OS, as well as how to install Git on LINUX.
A couple of things you will want to make note of while interacting with Git.
- Even if you already have Git installed it is a good idea to update to the latest version.
- All of the commands below should work, even on the older versions of Git. They may act a little differently but should work. Git is very good at preserving backward compatibility. Any version after 2.0 should work just fine.
How To Install Git on MAC OS
There are a couple of ways to install Git on MAC OS. The easiest way to do it would probably be to install the Xcode Command Line Tools. This will work on Mavericks (10.9) or above, so it should cover you. If you are running on OS older than that I would recommend you look into upgrading that first.
If your MAC OS is good to go simply run git from the Terminal the very first time. Here is what that would look like:
If it isn’t installed you will be prompted to install. If it is installed, then the above command should output the current version installed.
If you need or want a more up-to-date version, then you can install Git on MAC OS via a binary installer. There is a MAC OS Git installer that is maintained and made available for download on the Git website, at https://git-scm.com/download/mac.
Finally, a third option of installing Git on MAC OS is to install it as part of the GitHub for MAC install.
They have a GUI Git tool that has an option to install command line tools as well. You can download this tool from the GitHub for MAC website, at https://mac.github.com.
How To Install Git on Linux
More often than not you can install Git on Linux via a binary installer through the package management tool that comes with your distribution.
If you’re on Fedora or other closely related RPM-based distribution, like RHEL or CentOS, you can use dnf:
$ sudo dnf install git-all
If you happen to be on a Debian-based distribution, like Ubuntu, try using apt:
Installation For Other Unix Distributions
Gentoo
# emerge –ask –verbose dev-vcs/git
Arch Linux
openSUSE
# zypper install git
Mageia
Nix/NixOS
# nix-env -i git
FreeBSD
![Git Git](/uploads/1/2/6/3/126356680/760770096.png)
Solaris 9/10/11 (OpenCSW)
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# pkgutil -i git
Solaris 11 Express
OpenBSD
# pkg_add git
Alpine
Slitaz
$ tazpkg get-install git
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