Installing Git (1.6.1.3) on Ubuntu (8.04)

Yes, I know it sounds as simple as batty poo – but it took me so long this morning to find a set of instructions (via Google) that actually worked. I found the following on Piku’s Blog – the easy way to get Git going.

I downloaded Git 1.6.1.3 on Ubuntu 8.04. Piku’s instructions below (tweaked slightly).

1. Install GNU Wget if you don’t already have it
serengetisunset:~$ sudo apt-get install wget

2. Install Tk
serengetisunset:~$ sudo apt-get install tk

3. Install Git
serengetisunset:~$ wget http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-1.6.1.3.tar.gz
serengetisunset:~$ tar -zxvf git-1.6.1.3.tar.gz
serengetisunset:~$ cd git-1.6.1.3/
serengetisunset:~$ ./configure
serengetisunset:~$ make
serengetisunset:~$ sudo make install

Now to creating a new Git repository…