Ubuntu Git – How to Update to a Newer Version of Git Using Apt-Get

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I've just set up a new machine with Ubuntu Oneiric 11.10 and then run

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get install git

Now if I run git --version it tells me I have git version 1.7.5.4 but on my local machine I have the much newer git version 1.7.9.2

I know I can install from source to get the newest version, but I thought that it was a good idea to use the package manager as much as possible to keep everything standardized.

So is it possible to use apt-get to get a newer version of git, and what is the right way to do it?

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You have several options:

Either wait until the version you need is present in the repository you use.
Compile your own version and create a deb.
Find a repository that provides the version you need for your version of your distribution(e.g. Git PPA).
If you don't need any particular feature from the newer version, stay with the old one.

If a newer version is available in the repositories you use, then apt-get update && apt-get upgrade (as root) updates to the latest available version.

For those who don't know what a PPA is, link

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This sounds like it may work, but personally, I'd just use apt-offline.

From the manpage:

apt-offline brings offline package management functionality to Debian based system. It can be used to download packages and its dependencies to be installed later on (or required to update) a disconnected machine. Packages can be downloaded from a different connected machine.

Excerpt from Debian Administration:

Using apt-offline:

You generate a signature on your Debian box at home and carry the signature file on a removable medium
Now you take the USB Stick (with the apt-offline.txt signature file) to the office machine which could be running any linux version or even Windows.
There, you could run apt-offline giving it the signature file.
apt-offline would generate you an archive file or a folder with all the data. That data can be copied on a removable media. The removable media can be attached back to the disconnected Debian box at home and installed. (e.g. "apt-offline install /tmp/apt-offline.zip")

Debian – Install Git 2.24 on Debian Buster

To get version 2.24 or later, I recommend two approaches: ask for a backport, or build the 2.24 source package.

To ask for a backport, file a wishlist bug on git using reportbug. Backports have been made available in the past, so there’s a decent chance someone will provide one if you explain why you want it.

To build a newer package from source, run

sudo apt-get install devscripts dpkg-dev build-essential
sudo apt-get build-dep git
dget https://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/git/git_2.24.1-1.dsc
cd git-2.24.1
dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc

This will install the necessary build dependencies and build the packages. You can then install the ones you need using sudo dpkg -i.

It’s not worth upgrading all your distribution to testing, just to get a newer version of git...

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