here is what you can see:

[root@vps-xxxxxxxx ~]# cd git-master
[root@vps-xxxxxxxx git-master]# ls
abspath.c git-mergetool--lib.sh quote.h
aclocal.m4 git-mergetool.sh reachable.c
advice.c git-p4.py reachable.h
advice.h git-parse-remote.sh read-cache.c
alias.c git-quiltimport.sh README.md
alloc.c git.rc ref-filter.c
apply.c git-rebase--am.sh ref-filter.h
apply.h git-rebase--interactive.sh reflog-walk.c
archive.c git-rebase--merge.sh reflog-walk.h
archive.h git-rebase.sh refs
archive-tar.c git-relink.perl refs.c
archive-zip.c git-remote-testgit.sh refs.h
argv-array.c git-request-pull.sh RelNotes
argv-array.h git-send-email.perl remote.c
attr.c git-sh-i18n.sh remote-curl.c
attr.h git-sh-setup.sh remote.h
base85.c git-stash.sh remote-testsvn.c
bisect.c git-submodule.sh replace_object.c
bisect.h git-svn.perl rerere.c
blob.c GIT-VERSION-FILE rerere.h
blob.h GIT-VERSION-GEN resolve-undo.c
block-sha1 gitweb resolve-undo.h
branch.c git-web--browse.sh revision.c
branch.h gpg-interface.c revision.h
builtin gpg-interface.h run-command.c
builtin.h graph.c run-command.h
bulk-checkin.c graph.h send-pack.c
bulk-checkin.h grep.c send-pack.h
bundle.c grep.h sequencer.c
bundle.h hashmap.c sequencer.h
cache.h hashmap.h server-info.c
cache-tree.c help.c setup.c
cache-tree.h help.h sha1-array.c
check_bindir hex.c sha1-array.h
check-builtins.sh http-backend.c sha1_file.c
check-racy.c http.c sha1-lookup.c
ci http-fetch.c sha1-lookup.h
color.c http.h sha1_name.c
color.h http-push.c shallow.c
column.c http-walker.c shell.c
column.h ident.c sh-i18n--envsubst.c
combine-diff.c imap-send.c shortlog.h
command-list.txt INSTALL show-index.c
commit.c iterator.h sideband.c
commit.h khash.h sideband.h
commit-slab.h kwset.c sigchain.c
common-main.c kwset.h sigchain.h
compat levenshtein.c split-index.c
config.c levenshtein.h split-index.h
config.mak.in LGPL-2.1 strbuf.c
config.mak.uname line-log.c strbuf.h
configure.ac line-log.h streaming.c
configure.ac+ line-range.c streaming.h
connect.c line-range.h string-list.c
connected.c list.h string-list.h
connected.h list-objects.c submodule.c
connect.h list-objects.h submodule-config.c
contrib ll-merge.c submodule-config.h
convert.c ll-merge.h submodule.h
convert.h lockfile.c symlinks.c
copy.c lockfile.h t
COPYING log-tree.c tag.c
credential.c log-tree.h tag.h
credential-cache.c mailinfo.c tar.h
credential-cache--daemon.c mailinfo.h tempfile.c
credential.h mailmap.c tempfile.h
credential-store.c mailmap.h templates
csum-file.c Makefile thread-utils.c
csum-file.h match-trees.c thread-utils.h
ctype.c merge-blobs.c tmp-objdir.c
daemon.c merge-blobs.h tmp-objdir.h
date.c merge.c trace.c
decorate.c merge-recursive.c trace.h
decorate.h merge-recursive.h trailer.c
delta.h mergesort.c trailer.h
diff.c mergesort.h transport.c
diffcore-break.c mergetools transport.h
diffcore-delta.c mru.c transport-helper.c
diffcore.h mru.h tree.c
diffcore-order.c name-hash.c tree-diff.c
diffcore-pickaxe.c notes.c tree.h
diffcore-rename.c notes-cache.c tree-walk.c
diff-delta.c notes-cache.h tree-walk.h
diff.h notes.h unicode_width.h
diff-lib.c notes-merge.c unimplemented.sh
diff-no-index.c notes-merge.h unix-socket.c
dir.c notes-utils.c unix-socket.h
dir.h notes-utils.h unpack-trees.c
dir-iterator.c object.c unpack-trees.h
dir-iterator.h object.h update_unicode.sh
Documentation pack-bitmap.c upload-pack.c
editor.c pack-bitmap.h url.c
entry.c pack-bitmap-write.c url.h
environment.c pack-check.c urlmatch.c
ewah pack.h urlmatch.h
exec_cmd.c pack-objects.c usage.c
exec_cmd.h pack-objects.h userdiff.c
fast-import.c pack-revindex.c userdiff.h
fetch-pack.c pack-revindex.h utf8.c
fetch-pack.h pack-write.c utf8.h
fmt-merge-msg.h pager.c varint.c
fsck.c parse-options.c varint.h
fsck.h parse-options-cb.c vcs-svn
generate-cmdlist.sh parse-options.h version.c
gettext.c patch-delta.c versioncmp.c
gettext.h patch-ids.c version.h
git-add--interactive.perl patch-ids.h walker.c
git-archimport.perl path.c walker.h
git-bisect.sh pathspec.c wildmatch.c
git.c pathspec.h wildmatch.h
GIT-CFLAGS perl worktree.c
git-compat-util.h pkt-line.c worktree.h
git-cvsexportcommit.perl pkt-line.h wrap-for-bin.sh
git-cvsimport.perl po wrapper.c
git-cvsserver.perl ppc write_or_die.c
git-difftool--helper.sh preload-index.c ws.c
git-difftool.perl pretty.c wt-status.c
git-filter-branch.sh prio-queue.c wt-status.h
git-gui prio-queue.h xdiff
git-instaweb.sh progress.c xdiff-interface.c
gitk-git progress.h xdiff-interface.h
git-merge-octopus.sh prompt.c zlib.c
git-merge-one-file.sh prompt.h
git-merge-resolve.sh quote.c


What do I need to do next? HELP

Not sure why you wouldn't use your distributions version of the git installation or why you are doing this under root, but as per the repository, have you followed the INSTALL instructions?

True. If I knew what I was doing, I would not be asking on a newbie forum.

I tried to install it because there was no git command before (no such command). I tried to install it without root and it said I needed root to install this (git and MySQL 5.6). I was at MySQL 5.1 and upgraded it to ----> 5.5 with this help: https://kb.plesk.com/en/125589

Then, to move forward, I read I needed the git command to be able to get out of the problems I had with the 5.5 ---> 5.6 upgrade.

( I need it to be MySQL 5.6 because of utf8mb4. )


so back to git and round I go.

What Distro/Version is this running on? Centos, ubuntu, debian etc?

In the case of Centos.. If you want to install git from the repos, just do:

If for some reason you want to compile and install the latest version you can do this:

Yes I tried that but this is what I got:

EDIT: Yes it is CentOS 6

As git does not require mysql I would assume that error message is from a previously failed attempt to install mysql. I am not familiar with yum, but my first thought would be that it creates
some type of cached previously attempted installs. See if you can remove the file and try installing git on its own first.

I would also add that if you had told us that you had made previous attempts and performed other tasks first it may have helped with a solution.

You also did not mention the above, however, the link I was referring to was :- https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/INSTALL
And it was those instructions I was suggesting to follow.

I would go with the yum options though if you truly are unsure of what you are doing.

Yes, it was because of MySQL. I upgraded MySQL from 5.1 --> 5.5 and now I need to upgrad it from 5.5 --> 5.6 , update which is not working because of a weird repo.

I couldn't figure out how to fix it, so I read that I could do a work around with git and I thought it would be easier. LOL

So I picked up a blog saying how to add git to CentOS 6 through SSH and at some point, something stopped working in the steps that were written. So, since git was already downloaded, I figured someone could tellme how to do the rest and I came on the noobie board posting my first message.


I knew that I didnt need git, but thought it would be easier then to fix yum