Installing Latest version of git in ubuntu

Question

My Current git version 1.7.9.5...

I need to upgrade to at least git 1.7.10 to have git clone command to work properly

I tried sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa for upgrading but resulted in this :

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/add-apt-repository", line 125, in <module>
    ppa_info = get_ppa_info_from_lp(user, ppa_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 80, in get_ppa_info_from_lp
    curl.perform()
pycurl.error: (7, "couldn't connect to host")

What am I supposed to do to get the latest git installed (to upgrade)?

From the errors/traceback it looks like you have network issue, can you do sudo apt-get update on your machine or go to ppa.launchpad.net/git-core/ppa/ubuntu in your browser? — number5
– number5, Commented Oct 1, 2013 at 7:02
In sudo apt-get update its "Unable to connect to ppa.launchpad.net:http:" but I can go to ppa.launchpad.net/git-core/ppa/ubuntu using my browser — Arjun Krishna P R
– Arjun Krishna P R, Commented Oct 1, 2013 at 8:33

Christopher Peisert · Accepted Answer · 2022-06-17 22:34:25Z

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The Ubuntu git maintainers team has a PPA just for that

ppa:git-core/ppa

Just do:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git

Error: Unable to locate package `add-apt-repository`

If add-apt-repository command is not found, install it first with:

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common

Error: failed to start the `dirmngr`

If you receive the error:

gpg: failed to start the dirmngr '/usr/bin/dirmngr': No such file or directory

then, install dirmngr with:

sudo apt install dirmngr --install-recommends

edited Jun 17, 2022 at 22:34

Christopher Peisert

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answered Oct 1, 2013 at 6:44

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Arjun Krishna P R Over a year ago

The question was what to do when the first command fails showing the above error

Arjun Krishna P R Over a year ago

In sudo apt-get update its "Unable to connect to ppa.launchpad.net:http:" but I can go to ppa.launchpad.net/git-core/ppa/ubuntu using my browser. I dont have any clue on what to do with this network error.

tessi Over a year ago

Maybe it's a firewall thing? Most corporate networks do nasty things with the internet.

Gabrielizalo Over a year ago

In the update line I'm getting a lot of error 404: W: Failed to fetch us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/raring-backports/main/… 404 Not Found

lucaferrario Over a year ago

Please note that if add-apt-repository fails with "command not found" on your system, you have to run apt-get install python-software-properties first on your Ubuntu

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Damien · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-21 15:29:25Z

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The question was: "What to do when sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa command fails".

I had the same issue in a VM behind a proxy. I resolved it with the following two steps:

Set up proxy environment variables

export http_proxy=http://<user>:<pwd>@<proxy_url>:<port_number>
export https_proxy=http://<user>:<pwd>@<proxy_url>:<port_number>

Run the add-apt-repository command again as sudo with the -E option that preserves the user environment:
```
sudo -E add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa
```

edited Aug 21, 2015 at 15:29

answered Apr 27, 2015 at 16:58

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rofrol Over a year ago

export http_proxy and https_proxy worked, but only as root. Running `sudo -E apt-get update' failed: Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NODATA'

Philip C Jul 14 at 9:21

In my case, the call was hanging trying to make an SSL handshake and didn't print any output. The -E option was the final change that allowed it to work, but I had also set the proxy vars and changed some IPv4 config as per these answers first.

Rohit Parte · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-03 18:05:43Z

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Just follow below commands to update latest version of git

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa -y
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git -y
git --version

answered May 3, 2019 at 18:05

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Kalpesh Soni · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-30 19:02:12Z

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or super manual method

download git source from git hub and then

make prefix=/usr/local all
sudo make prefix=/usr/local install

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-git-on-ubuntu-14-04

answered Apr 30, 2018 at 19:02

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Priyadharshini R · Accepted Answer · 2022-01-18 10:14:34Z

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Install Git in Ubuntu

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git
sudo apt-get install gitk git-gui

answered Jan 18, 2022 at 10:14

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Mayank Kumar Chaudhari · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-16 11:28:50Z

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To install or update Git in the latest version of Ubuntu, simply type following command in terminal and hit enter (return).

sudo apt-get install git

For checking Git version.

git --version

answered Aug 16, 2020 at 11:28

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