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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
Setting up Install Process
No package git available.
Nothing to do
root@host [~]#
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Try download this rpm. Or enable "testing" tag in /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo

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actually I am learning linux and new with it so isn't there any easy solution? –  Prakash Sep 24 '10 at 10:13
Trying to resolve problems like these are also part of learning. So dont think this situation as a hinderance, rather take this as an opportunity to learn. –  yasouser Feb 9 '11 at 3:17

Add the EPEL repository and then run 'yum install git' again


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I added epcl respo and tried to install git, but I got errors regarding git Dependencies and unable to install it. –  Prakash Sep 23 '10 at 19:26
What dependencies was it not able to find? Post your output here and I'll try to help you get it resolved. –  alanthing Sep 25 '10 at 18:05
Is this still the correct way to do this - on a CentOS 5.7 box, tried the RHEL5 option but getting missing dependancies, like perl-Git? –  Chris Kimpton Nov 20 '11 at 19:51

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