| 1 | Installing Git |
You can install Git in several different ways: by using one of the GUI installers, by using a package management system, or, in the time-honored Linux tradition that spawned Git, by compiling it from source.
Donât worry if youâre not ready to start compiling software;
all major operating systems provide alternatives to compiling
Git yourself. For example, Ubuntu provides Git via its
apt-get tool, so a few commands from the
terminal are enough to get you going. Likewise, OS X users have
the option of using MacPorts[5] or the new Homebrew[6] to handle the installation. Not to be left out,
Windows users who use Cygwin[7] can also install it via Cygwinâs setup.exe.
Windows and OS X users who prefer GUI installations ...
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