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Re: Trying to update GIT in Ubuntu 18.04

From
Peter van der Does <peter@avirtualhome.com>
Date
Jul 24, 2020, 16:39 UTC
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On 7/23/20 4:12 PM, Matthew Glassman wrote:
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> My git version is listed as 2.17.1.  If I try to just do sudo apt
> install git..It will tell me I have the latest version and this is
> after running apt update.  I can not get the PPA to work because there
> is no GPG Key to input and thus Ubuntu will automatically keep it from
> use due to insecurity.  Can you please advise me on how to best update
> GIT to the current stable version please.
>
> Regards,
> Matthew

For the latest version use the PPA, found here: https://launchpad.net/~git-core/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

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  1. Matthew GlassmanJul 23, 2020
  2. Junio C HamanoJul 23, 2020
  3. Taylor BlauJul 24, 2020
  4. Peter van der DoesJul 24, 2020

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