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I am running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, need to install GIT 1.9.5 or above. I did sudo apt-get install git then ran git --version and it shows I currently have 1.9.1 installed. Git download url shows latest version is 2.3.0.
Why did it not download 2.3.0 and how can I get a version 1.9.5 or above?
Testing360
Posted 2015-02-23T19:55:44.273
Reputation: 43
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The Git stable releases PPA has the most current stable version of Git for Ubuntu. Open the terminal and type:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install git
These commands will install git 2.3.0 (the current stable version of Git) on your system for all currently supported Ubuntu releases. A short time after a new version of git is released, git from ppa:git-core/ppa is updated to the latest version
karel
Posted 2015-02-23T19:55:44.273
Reputation: 11 374
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If git is already installed on your system, the last step should be:
sudo apt-get upgrade
H. Paul Haiduk
Posted 2015-02-23T19:55:44.273
Reputation: 1
Oh my :D I am so happy, thank you sir, got tears on my eyes. I spent many hours trying to get the latest version. I am a big n00b to linux. Thank you very much :D By the way, do you have any basics on linux links? Or maybe I should just read the ubuntu manual? I really need to become very good and comfortable with linux fast. – Testing360 – 2015-02-23T20:07:45.343
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