Re: [PATCH] Add more instructions about how to install git.
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Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
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- Sep 8, 2009, 05:44 UTC
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- <81b0412b0909072244k21a4ddf6vdc38d9f713a4a084@mail.gmail.com>
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- <1252386686-15689-1-git-send-email-tfransosi@gmail.com>
On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 07:11, Thiago Farina<tfransosi@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Signed-off-by: Thiago Farina <tfransosi@gmail.com> > --- > INSTALL | 9 +++++++++ > 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL > index ae7f750..67abfc7 100644 > --- a/INSTALL > +++ b/INSTALL > @@ -1,6 +1,15 @@ > > Git installation > > +To install git follow these 4 steps inside your git directory: > +$ autoconf # Generates the configure file from configure.ac > +$ ./configure # Configures everything needed to build git > +$ make all # Compiles git based in the Makefile > +$ make install # Installs git in your own ~/bin directory > + > +If you don't have autoconf installed, you can do this by: > +$ sudo apt-get install autoconf
... if you're on a Debian-derived system. The other half of the world, which is RedHat-derived, uses RPM. And there are other package management tools. Maybe that was a reason why the instructions weren't included before.