centos5 - How can git be installed on CENTOS 5.5?

Question

How can I install git on CENTOS 5.5 machine? I tried to install it from yum but got following msg.

root@host [~]# sudo yum install git
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * addons: centos.mirrors.tds.net
 * base: mirror.ubiquityservers.com
 * extras: mirrors.serveraxis.net
 * updates: pubmirrors.reflected.net
addons                                                   |  951 B     00:00
base                                                     | 2.1 kB     00:00
extras                                                   | 2.1 kB     00:00
updates                                                  | 1.9 kB     00:00
Excluding Packages in global exclude list
Finished
Setting up Install Process
No package git available.
Nothing to do
root@host [~]#

Answer 1

If you are using CentOS the built in yum repositories don't seem to have git included and as such, you will need to add an additional repository to the system. For my servers I found that the Webtatic repository seems to be reasonably up to date and the installation for git will then be as follows:

# Add the repository
rpm -Uvh http://repo.webtatic.com/yum/centos/5/latest.rpm

# Install the latest version of git
yum install --enablerepo=webtatic git-all

To work around Missing Dependency: perl(Git) errors:

yum install --enablerepo=webtatic --disableexcludes=main  git-all