How To Install git on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install git on CentOS 8.
What is git
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 common set of tools which are usually using with small amount of dependencies. To install all git packages, including tools for integrating with other SCMs, install the git-all meta-package.
We can use yum or dnf to install git on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install git.
Install git on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install git using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install git
Install git on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install git using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install git
How To Uninstall git on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the git package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove git
git Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/libexec/git-core/git-add--interactive
/usr/libexec/git-core/git-contacts
/usr/libexec/git-core/git-credential-netrc
/usr/libexec/git-core/git-difftool
/usr/libexec/git-core/git-difftool--helper
/usr/libexec/git-core/git-filter-branch
/usr/libexec/git-core/git-request-pull
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/git
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/git/git-blame.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/git/git.el
/usr/share/git-core/contrib/diff-highlight
/usr/share/git-core/contrib/hooks/multimail
/usr/share/git-core/contrib/hooks/multimail/CHANGES
/usr/share/git-core/contrib/hooks/multimail/CONTRIBUTING.rst
/usr/share/git-core/contrib/hooks/multimail/README.Git
/usr/share/git-core/contrib/hooks/multimail/README.migrate-from-post-receive-email
/usr/share/git-core/contrib/hooks/multimail/README.rst
/usr/share/git-core/contrib/hooks/multimail/doc
/usr/share/git-core/contrib/hooks/multimail/doc/customizing-emails.rst
/usr/share/git-core/contrib/hooks/multimail/doc/gerrit.rst
/usr/share/git-core/contrib/hooks/multimail/doc/gitolite.rst
/usr/share/git-core/contrib/hooks/multimail/doc/troubleshooting.rst
/usr/share/git-core/contrib/hooks/multimail/git_multimail
/usr/share/git-core/contrib/hooks/multimail/migrate-mailhook-config
/usr/share/git-core/contrib/hooks/multimail/post-receive.example
/usr/share/git-core/contrib/hooks/setgitperms.perl
/usr/share/git-core/contrib/hooks/update-paranoid
/usr/share/git-core/templates/hooks/fsmonitor-watchman.sample
/usr/share/git-core/templates/hooks/pre-rebase.sample
/usr/share/git-core/templates/hooks/prepare-commit-msg.sample
/usr/share/man/man1/git-contacts.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/git-difftool.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/git-filter-branch.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/git-request-pull.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install git on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.