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I have git version 1.7.4.1. and would like to upgrade to the latest stable release of 1.8.4.
So I tried sudo apt-get install git as it says on the git downloads page for Linux but I get this result:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
git is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 91 not upgraded.
$ git --version
git version 1.7.4.1
and I'm stuck with git version 1.7.4.1!
I am on Ubuntu 11.04.
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To update git on Windows, the first possible way is to uninstall the current git version from Windows and install the latest version. However, you can also use Command Prompt to update git on Windows by executing the “git update-git-for-windows” command.
It is easiest to install Git on Linux using the preferred package manager of your Linux distribution. If you prefer to build from source, you can find tarballs on kernel.org. The latest version is 2.38.1.
If you have already installed Git, you can update Git with the command. git update-git-for-windows. to know the current version, use: git --version. You can run these commands in the cmd prompt .
There are Ubuntu PPAs for Git, offering the latest version of it. Add one of those and you'll be able to install it. For example:
https://launchpad.net/~git-core/+archive/ppa
Read the "Adding this PPA to your system" information on how to do this.
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This is due to Ubuntu has not updated the package yet in their repositories. The only way around this would be to compile from source, which you can download from https://github.com/git/git.
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answered Sep 23 '22 01:09
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