How to install latest version of git on CentOS 8.x/7.x/6.x
centos, git, installation, linux, yum
Solution
You can use WANDisco's CentOS repository to install Git 2.x: for CentOS 6, for CentOS 7
Install WANDisco repo package:
yum install http://opensource.wandisco.com/centos/6/git/x86_64/wandisco-git-release-6-1.noarch.rpm
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yum install http://opensource.wandisco.com/centos/7/git/x86_64/wandisco-git-release-7-1.noarch.rpm
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yum install http://opensource.wandisco.com/centos/7/git/x86_64/wandisco-git-release-7-2.noarch.rpm
Install the latest version of Git 2.x:
yum install git
Verify the version of Git that was installed:
git --version
As of 02 Mar. 2020, the latest available version from WANDisco is 2.22.0.
Problem
I used the usual: ``` yum install git ``` It did not install the latest version of git on my CentOS 6. How can I update to the latest version of git for CentOS 6? The solution can be applicable to newer versions of CentOS such as CentOS 7.