How To Install git on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install git on Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install git.
Install git on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install git using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install git
Install git on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
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 Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the git package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove git
git Package Contents on Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.