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Add instructions to install Git from source
This is needed for Ubuntu 12.04, which only provides Git 1.7.9.
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doc/install/installation.md
| @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ If you are not familiar with vim please skip this and keep using the default edi | @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ If you are not familiar with vim please skip this and keep using the default edi | ||
| 52 | 52 | ||
| 53 | Install the required packages: | 53 | Install the required packages: |
| 54 | 54 | ||
| 55 | - sudo apt-get install -y build-essential zlib1g-dev libyaml-dev libssl-dev libgdbm-dev libreadline-dev libncurses5-dev libffi-dev curl git-core openssh-server redis-server checkinstall libxml2-dev libxslt-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libicu-dev logrotate | 55 | + sudo apt-get install -y build-essential zlib1g-dev libyaml-dev libssl-dev libgdbm-dev libreadline-dev libncurses5-dev libffi-dev curl openssh-server redis-server checkinstall libxml2-dev libxslt-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libicu-dev logrotate |
| 56 | 56 | ||
| 57 | Make sure you have the right version of Python installed. | 57 | Make sure you have the right version of Python installed. |
| 58 | 58 | ||
| @@ -74,6 +74,34 @@ Make sure you have the right version of Python installed. | @@ -74,6 +74,34 @@ Make sure you have the right version of Python installed. | ||
| 74 | # For reStructuredText markup language support install required package: | 74 | # For reStructuredText markup language support install required package: |
| 75 | sudo apt-get install -y python-docutils | 75 | sudo apt-get install -y python-docutils |
| 76 | 76 | ||
| 77 | +Make sure you have the right version of Git installed | ||
| 78 | + | ||
| 79 | + # Install Git | ||
| 80 | + sudo apt-get install -y git-core | ||
| 81 | + | ||
| 82 | + # Make sure Git is version 1.7.10 or higher | ||
| 83 | + git --version | ||
| 84 | + | ||
| 85 | + # System packaged Git too old? Remove it and compile from source. | ||
| 86 | + | ||
| 87 | + # Remove packaged Git | ||
| 88 | + sudo apt-get remove git-core | ||
| 89 | + | ||
| 90 | + # Install dependencies | ||
| 91 | + sudo apt-get install -y libexpat1-dev gettext | ||
| 92 | + | ||
| 93 | + # Download and compile from source | ||
| 94 | + cd /tmp | ||
| 95 | + curl --progress https://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-1.8.4.1.tar.gz | tar xz | ||
| 96 | + cd git-1.8.4.1/ | ||
| 97 | + make prefix=/usr/local all | ||
| 98 | + | ||
| 99 | + # Install into /usr/local/bin | ||
| 100 | + sudo make prefix=/usr/local install | ||
| 101 | + | ||
| 102 | + # Create a symlink for GitLab | ||
| 103 | + sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/git /usr/bin/git | ||
| 104 | + | ||
| 77 | **Note:** In order to receive mail notifications, make sure to install a | 105 | **Note:** In order to receive mail notifications, make sure to install a |
| 78 | mail server. By default, Debian is shipped with exim4 whereas Ubuntu | 106 | mail server. By default, Debian is shipped with exim4 whereas Ubuntu |
| 79 | does not ship with one. The recommended mail server is postfix and you can install it with: | 107 | does not ship with one. The recommended mail server is postfix and you can install it with: |