How to Install git 2.9 on a Directadmin Server with CentOS 6

Two years ago I have written a short guide on the same subject – here it is.

Since yum install git still doesn’t allow us to install git 2, let me share the fastest way to get git up and running on your server.

First of all, let’s download the most recent version of git here. Most recent version is 2.9.5 at the moment, so my command will be:

Let’s extract the archive we have:

Now we need to change directory and start the configuration process:

Let’s first ensure we have all the necessary packages for running git:

Then let’s configure it:

You should see something like this:

It’s fine, let’s go to further steps:

Then

Followed by

Let’s create some symlinks (most probably you already have them)

My output was the following:

Fine, we are almost ready. Let’s see where is git.

My output:

And finally, let’s check version:

Here is how it should look like:

That’s all. Have fun! :)