How to install / uninstall git on Slackware?

Ziaullah · 05-30-2012, 01:03 AM

I am using Linux Slackware 2.6.29.6-smp, with command (text) mode. I have used SCO Unix version 5 and Linux Red Hat 11, but stick with this Slackware.

On this server I am trying to install git-1.7.5.1, I have tried the steps mentioned in the given books, sites, http://git-scm.com/book/en/Getting-Started
and videos,(tried tar, apt-get, install) but not successful to get it installed.

However when i used git --version it is showing git version 1.6.4., but I am not finding any directory of installed program.

Please help me, how I can get rid of it and install a clean setup.

Ziaullah
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business_kid · 05-30-2012, 03:50 AM

Check for /var/log/packages/git* and it it's there, read it. It tells you where the files are, and you can use 'uninstallpkg <filename>' to remove it.

Otherwise, try 'which git'
If it's in /usr/bin, files will probably be in /usr/something.
The other choices are /usr/local, or /opt.
I have slackware and the directory /usr/libexec/git-core is of interest but there's man pages & docs in volume.

knudfl · 05-30-2012, 04:34 AM

Welcome to LQ.

Removing a Slackware <package>.t*z (git) : 1) su <password>
2) removepkg git

business_kid · 05-31-2012, 03:07 AM

Ooops! Sorry about that

removepkg is right. (Burning the candle at both ends here for some time now).

swhp · 08-18-2014, 05:41 PM

Is there another methode to upgrade git?

brianL · 08-19-2014, 06:17 AM

Why? What's wrong with the version that you've got already with Slackware?

swhp · 08-31-2014, 09:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brianL

Why? What's wrong with the version that you've got already with Slackware?

Well, git that i using now it's still good. But the version was to old maybe because the latest release was ver 2.1. But mine it still ver 1.8. So i just want to try update my git.

business_kid · 09-01-2014, 03:16 AM

You are about to break the first rule of maintenance:
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"

Presuming you decide to go ahead, git is bound to have a git of it's latest software.
git clone <whatever-url>
Follow instructions if it's a non-gnu build system; If there is no configure script, you need the first line, otherwise skip it.

Code:

xmkmf -a
./configure <options>
make <options>
mkdir -p /tmp/package
make DESTDIR=/tmp/package install
cd /tmp/package
makepkg ../git-<cobbled-together-version>

Then you use upgradepkg to swap them. You can repeat this process with other programs if you wish until your system is thoroughly borked to find out why the rest of us don't bother :-). The nice thing about this approach is you can uninstall yours cleanly and put Pat's packages back.

swhp · 09-12-2014, 06:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by business_kid

You are about to break the first rule of maintenance:
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"

Presuming you decide to go ahead, git is bound to have a git of it's latest software.
git clone <whatever-url>
Follow instructions if it's a non-gnu build system; If there is no configure script, you need the first line, otherwise skip it.

Code:

xmkmf -a
./configure <options>
make <options>
mkdir -p /tmp/package
make DESTDIR=/tmp/package install
cd /tmp/package
makepkg ../git-<cobbled-together-version>

Then you use upgradepkg to swap them. You can repeat this process with other programs if you wish until your system is thoroughly borked to find out why the rest of us don't bother :-). The nice thing about this approach is you can uninstall yours cleanly and put Pat's packages back.

Thank you and for real i just know about the rule of maintenance, i think i will have slackware on virtualbox to test everything rather i broke the rule