Setting Latest Git Lab in Centos 6.x Version Step by Step Guide

Today I am writing this article on installing latest Git in CentOS 6.7 via source. Setting latest Git in CentOS 6.7

Actually in CentOS 6.7 , we are getting only 1.7.1 version but the latest Git version is git-2.6.3. And while installing I’ve been through lot of R&D.
Here I am providing you everything in a single article.

Here the available version of git in CentOS 6.7.

[localserver@dhcppc2 ~]$ yum list  git
 Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
 Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: mirrors.vonline.vn
 * extras: mirrors.vonline.vn
 * updates: mirrors.vonline.vn
 Available Packages
 git.i686                          1.7.1-3.el6_4.1                           base
 [localserver@dhcppc2 ~]$

Lets begin with install

1. Create a directory

mkdir git
cd git

2. Get git downloaded using wget and unrar it

wget https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-2.6.3.tar.gz
tar -xvf git-2.6.3.tar.gz

and then change into directory

cd git-2.6.3

3. Actually in Linux , source based installation are can done with 3 easy steps and they are

./configure
 make
 make install ( as root user in the same directory )

When I have started  “./configure” I came to know that gcc has not installed in my CentOS6.7. so installing it with

yum install gcc

Then continued to configure and again I got stucked with

cache.h:21:18: warning: zlib.h: No such file or directory
 Can't locate ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
 /bin/sh: msgfmt: command not found

errors. so to stop all these errors I am giving all libraries in single line

yum install zlib zlib-devel perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker gettext -y

Then run these commands again

./confgure
 make
 make install (as root)

that’s it. Git installation got completed.

Now execute below steps to configure your Git and make sure you have a Git account with same E-mail.

git config --global user.name "Raja Sekhar Reddy G"
git config --global user.email "raja.genupula@yahoo.com"

Till now all we have done installation and configuring of Git . Now lets make a SSH based communication between your localrepo’s to your Git account.

1. Generate SSH key with your E-mail of Github account

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "raja.genupula@yahoo.com"

2. Make sure SSH-Agent running , it will help us here with key based authentication.

eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"

from the above command if PID got returned then that means SSH-Agent running

and then execute below command

ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa

3. Now open your Public key with below command and copy it.

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

4. Login to your GitHub account.

Github home page -> Settings -> SSH Keys -> Add SSH Keys

It will open a Input field,  paste your copied key and submit.

5. Come to your terminal and type this

ssh -T git@github.com

You will get similar message like below

Hi rajagennu! You’ve successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access.

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Congratulations!! you just setup Git account locally with SSH communication.

In the next article I will show you how to work with Git and committing changes from local to web and vice versa.

Good luck!!