Re: [PATCH] Add more instructions about how to install git.
From: Alex Riesen <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:47:22
On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 07:11, Thiago Farina[off-list ref] wrote:
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Signed-off-by: Thiago Farina <redacted> --- 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.