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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.

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  • Your uch more likely to get an answer to this on Stack Overflow. Commented Jun 1, 2014 at 21:12
  • I can never tell what's topical where these days. Apologies. Commented Jun 1, 2014 at 21:14
  • This isn't really a StackOverflow question, either. Commented Jun 1, 2014 at 21:28
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    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? Commented Jun 1, 2014 at 23:09
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    Yes, I'm certain, because the authors of the Jenkins git plugin said so. I'm obviously not thrilled about the situation. Commented Jun 2, 2014 at 0:41

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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
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  • Thanks, not sure why 20 minute of Googling couldn't have turned that up. Commented Jun 2, 2014 at 3:11
  • Although the installation instructions seem to be incomplete, so guess I'm installing from source anyway. Commented Jun 2, 2014 at 5:21
  • i gave you direct link to "how to". Commented Jun 2, 2014 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. Commented Jun 2, 2014 at 15:35
  • please name these dependencies, probably you need to enable default repository like EPEL: rpm -Uvh dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/… Commented Jun 2, 2014 at 16:27

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