# Installing git questions I can't find an answer to. 3 messages from 2020-04-07 to 2020-04-09. Participants: Jordan, Pratyush Yadav. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/53183 ## Jordan, 2020-04-07 23:12 Subject: Installing git questions I can't find an answer to. Message-ID: <000001d60d31$f1b41d80$d51c5880$@samsung.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/000001d60d31%24f1b41d80%24d51c5880%24%40samsung.com In-Reply-To: ``` Hello, I have searched the internet and can find no answer to my dilemma. I am trying to install a local copy of git on a Linux machine that is not connected to the internet and I don't have root privileges on. I can download and transfer things to this machine, but that is it. I think this should be possible, but have had no luck with the things I have tried. Thanks you for any advice. Regards Jordan ``` ## Pratyush Yadav, 2020-04-08 18:07 Subject: Re: Installing git questions I can't find an answer to. Message-ID: <20200408180753.j4sa7iahszp3kljn@yadavpratyush.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20200408180753.j4sa7iahszp3kljn%40yadavpratyush.com In-Reply-To: <000001d60d31$f1b41d80$d51c5880$@samsung.com> ``` On 08/04/20 08:12AM, Jordan wrote: > Hello, > I have searched the internet and can find no answer to my dilemma. I am > trying to install a local copy of git on a Linux machine that is not > connected to the internet and I don't have root privileges on. I can > download and transfer things to this machine, but that is it. I think this > should be possible, but have had no luck with the things I have tried. > Thanks you for any advice. Are you able to build Git from source? Do you have all the dependencies already installed? If so, I have sometimes used the Git binary in the build folder when testing a new feature I was working on because I didn't want to install an unstable version on my system. It worked fine for the most part, though I admit I didn't really use a whole lot of things other than commit and some worktree commands. Maybe something like that would work for you? You can download a tarball from kernel.org [0]. If you can't, maybe you can try building Git on a machine you _do_ have internet and root access on, and then copy over the binaries? Again, I haven't played around a whole lot with something like this so I can't say if it'll work. Something to try I guess. [0] https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/ -- Regards, Pratyush Yadav ``` ## Jordan, 2020-04-09 00:28 Subject: RE: Installing git questions I can't find an answer to. Message-ID: <001501d60e05$bb5f2b10$321d8130$@samsung.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/001501d60e05%24bb5f2b10%24321d8130%24%40samsung.com In-Reply-To: <20200408180753.j4sa7iahszp3kljn@yadavpratyush.com> ``` Hello Pratyush, Thanks for the reply. I was able to build it from a tarball, but it was certainly not straightforward. After a failed attempt and more research I came to the following that works. $ tar -zxf git-2.9.4.tar.gz $ cd git-2.9.4 $ make configure $ ./configure --prefix=/ $ make && make install Regards, Jordan -----Original Message----- From: Pratyush Yadav Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2020 3:08 AM To: Jordan Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Installing git questions I can't find an answer to. On 08/04/20 08:12AM, Jordan wrote: > Hello, > I have searched the internet and can find no answer to my dilemma. I > am trying to install a local copy of git on a Linux machine that is > not connected to the internet and I don't have root privileges on. I > can download and transfer things to this machine, but that is it. I > think this should be possible, but have had no luck with the things I have tried. > Thanks you for any advice. Are you able to build Git from source? Do you have all the dependencies already installed? If so, I have sometimes used the Git binary in the build folder when testing a new feature I was working on because I didn't want to install an unstable version on my system. It worked fine for the most part, though I admit I didn't really use a whole lot of things other than commit and some worktree commands. Maybe something like that would work for you? You can download a tarball from kernel.org [0]. If you can't, maybe you can try building Git on a machine you _do_ have internet and root access on, and then copy over the binaries? Again, I haven't played around a whole lot with something like this so I can't say if it'll work. Something to try I guess. [0] https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/ -- Regards, Pratyush Yadav ```