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I'm trying to upgrade my Git version to 1.8.3 on my fresh new CentOS 6.4 server(Cloud).

I'm trying these instructions here because I will then install the Gitlab. I have used this document before on my VirtualBox CentOS installation, I had no errors there.

However, this time after I clone the git repo, I can't compile, it fails on this line:

./configure --prefix=/usr/local

Here's the error that I get: 

-bash: ./configure: Permission denied

I've updated the permissions, the result didn't change. I have used sh ./configure and it did seem to work at first but then it broke down with this error:

checking whether the C compiler works... configure: error: in `/tmp/git': configure: error: cannot run C compiled programs. If you meant to cross compile, use `--host'.

What might be the problem? Some similar issues are told to use mount command but I couldn't make anything work. Thanks in advance.

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    Show the output of # mount Commented Sep 10, 2013 at 7:11
  • Hi, I have kept on searching and came out with this, it worked: stackoverflow.com/a/1774394/705982 Thank you. Commented Sep 10, 2013 at 7:13

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I'd suggest to install git-1.8.3. from IUS Community repo

# yum info git18 Available Packages Name : git18 Arch : x86_64 Version : 1.8.3.4 Release : 1.ius.centos6 Size : 6.7 M Repo : ius Summary : Fast Version Control System URL : http://git-scm.com/ License : GPLv2 Description : Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an : unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations : and full access to internals. : : 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.
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  • I didn't solve my problem with this solution, however if I knew this method, I'd prefer it. Because the CentOS comes with Git 1.7.1 and Gitlab requires above. Thanks. Commented Sep 10, 2013 at 20:51

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