How can I update to a newer version of Git using apt-get?

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I've just set up a new machine with Ubuntu Oneiric 11.10 and then run

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get install git

Now if I run git --version it tells me I have git version 1.7.5.4 but on my local machine I have the much newer git version 1.7.9.2

I know I can install from source to get the newest version, but I thought that it was a good idea to use the package manager as much as possible to keep everything standardized.

So is it possible to use apt-get to get a newer version of git, and what is the right way to do it?

score 675 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 28 '23 at 15:03

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Here are the commands you need to run, if you just want to get it done:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa -y
sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com A1715D88E1DF1F24 40976EAF437D05B5 3B4FE6ACC0B21F32 A6616109451BBBF2
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git -y
git --version

As of Dec 2018, I got git 2.20.1 that way, while the version in the Ubuntu Xenial repositories was 2.7.4.

If your system doesn't have add-apt-repository, you can install it via:

sudo apt-get install python-software-properties software-properties-common

edited Aug 28 '23 at 15:03

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answered Dec 01 '14 at 12:33

Dan Dascalescu

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Useful for git on the Windows' Linux subsystem too – dumbledad Aug 17 '17 at 13:45
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It works on ubuntu 16.04 LTS – Shift 'n Tab Mar 06 '18 at 06:06
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After adding the apt repo run sudo apt update then sudo apt upgrade and it should install the most recent version of git. At least it did in my case from v2.17.1 to v2.20.1 – Rockin4Life33 Jan 18 '19 at 23:51
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Can this ppa be trusted since they are not part of the official git team? – Ryuu Oct 11 '19 at 14:05
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@Ryuu: PPA seems pretty official to me. It's listed at https://git-scm.com/download/linux, and git-scm.com is the official site for Git, per https://github.com/git. – Dan Dascalescu Jan 05 '21 at 22:17
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can confirm this works on windows 10 WS2 as of 31-08-2021 – Michahell Aug 31 '21 at 11:39
This should have been accepted answer. – xZero May 30 '22 at 11:14
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common to get the add-apt-repository command – Niko Fohr Jan 11 '23 at 18:08
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thanks for this, it worked for me without this line fwiw: sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com A1715D88E1DF1F24 40976EAF437D05B5 3B4FE6ACC0B21F32 A6616109451BBBF2 – Grant Humphries Sep 14 '23 at 22:53
This answer may need to be updated? I'm seeing a deprecation warning: "Warning: apt-key is deprecated. Manage keyring files in trusted.gpg.d instead (see apt-key(8))." – MichaelChirico Feb 23 '24 at 02:38

score 116 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 17 '18 at 00:14

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You have several options:

Either wait until the version you need is present in the repository you use.
Compile your own version and create a deb.
Find a repository that provides the version you need for your version of your distribution(e.g. Git PPA).
If you don't need any particular feature from the newer version, stay with the old one.

If a newer version is available in the repositories you use, then apt-get update && apt-get upgrade (as root) updates to the latest available version.

For those who don't know what a PPA is, link

edited Jul 17 '18 at 00:14

Ari Sweedler

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answered Mar 06 '12 at 20:56

Marco

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+1 for the PPA. Otherwise compile from source and use checkinstall to cleanly install a .deb – Axel Knauf Mar 07 '12 at 15:54
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The OP specifically asked for using the package manager, so only #3 applies. – Dan Dascalescu Aug 30 '16 at 05:02
should you then remove the old git installed, if you use another repository? – Pandian Le May 05 '21 at 18:09

score 10 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 07 '12 at 05:35

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Doing a search for "git ppa" gives Git stable releases. See instructions for installing here. You can also install the package by downloading directly from the web page, and installing with dpkg -i.

answered Mar 07 '12 at 05:35

Faheem Mitha

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score 5 · Answer 4 · edited Nov 20 '16 at 03:08

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To update git on Ubuntu 12.04 just follow this line of commands:

sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa -y
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install git -y
git --version

edited Nov 20 '16 at 03:08

techraf

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answered Nov 20 '16 at 02:46

alabi temitope

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score -5 · Answer 5 · edited Jan 17 '19 at 20:34

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You can do this by homebrew in the easiest way:

install homebrew:

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

upgrade git:

brew upgrade git

edited Jan 17 '19 at 20:34

Community

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answered Jan 11 '19 at 06:40

Masih Sadri

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The question has the tag [ubuntu] so a macOS solution does not help the OP, especially since they explicitly ask to do it using apt-get – Ciprian Tomoiagă Apr 28 '20 at 15:11

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