How does one get a recent version of git installed on an ec2 instance?

Question

I can't for the life of me figure out how to get yum to install a recent version of git on an ec2 instance. yum install git installs 1.7.4.5, which is not recent enough. Surely there's some 1.8.x package out there someplace so I don't have to attempt to build from source?

Incidentally, following the instructions here `yum upgrade git` centos leads to... 1.7.4.5.

I can never tell what's topical where these days. Apologies. — cbmanica, Jun 01 '14 at 21:14
@ceejayoz [SO]'s faq says they accept questions about software development tools. — user9517, Jun 01 '14 at 21:31
Are you absolutely certain you need a newer version of git? Or do you just think you want it because it has a bigger number? — Michael Hampton, Jun 01 '14 at 23:09
^^ what about bug fixes, new features and compatibility with other software? — ADM, Jun 01 '14 at 23:20
Yes, I'm certain, because the authors of the Jenkins git plugin said so. I'm obviously not thrilled about the situation. — cbmanica, Jun 02 '14 at 00:41

ADM · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-02T10:53:57.033

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Page about git package:
http://pkgs.org/centos-6/puias-computational-x86_64/git-1.8.3.1-1.sdl6.x86_64.rpm.html

The git rpm installs the core tools with minimal dependencies. To install all git packages, including tools for integrating with other SCMs, install the git-all meta-package.

Download git package itself:
Download git-1.8.3.1-1.sdl6.x86_64.rpm for CentOS 6 from the PUIAS Computational repository.

$> rpm -ihv http://springdale.math.ias.edu/data/puias/computational/6/x86_64/git-1.8.3.1-1.sdl6.x86_64.rpm

or Download PUIAS computational Base:

Download the latest puias-computational rpm from:

$> rpm -ihv http://springdale.math.ias.edu/data/puias/computational/6/x86_64/puias-computational-GPFS-6-1.puias6.8.noarch.rpm

and run:

$> yum install git

edited Jun 02 '14 at 10:53

answered Jun 01 '14 at 22:33

ADM

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Thanks, not sure why 20 minute of Googling couldn't have turned that up. – cbmanica Jun 02 '14 at 03:11
Although the installation instructions seem to be incomplete, so guess I'm installing from source anyway. – cbmanica Jun 02 '14 at 05:21
i gave you direct link to "how to". – ADM Jun 02 '14 at 10:37
Yep, I followed those instructions. There are four dependencies required to install that computational rpm that aren't in the package list. – cbmanica Jun 02 '14 at 15:35
please name these dependencies, probably you need to enable default repository like EPEL: rpm -Uvh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm – ADM Jun 02 '14 at 16:27
Three of them were `puias-*` - one was definitely `puias-core`. I wouldn't think EPEL would have that. – cbmanica Jun 02 '14 at 17:01

How does one get a recent version of git installed on an ec2 instance?

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