I have a Ubuntu repository for git. It’s hosted at Launchpad and I try to build packages of the latest git version within a few days after it’s official release. The official homepage of git can be found at http://git-scm.com/.
The only time I will announce an update of git on my blog is when it is a new upstream release. All other updates I will announce on my twitter account @avhsoftware.
Current version: 1.7.9
Git is available for the following Ubuntu distributions:
- Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric)
- Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty)
- Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick)
To add my Ubuntu git repository to your system follow one of these two instructions:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pdoes/ppa
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Does this work with Ubuntu Lucid Lynx ??
Yes it should. I added Lucid yesterday. Thank you for the comment, it showed me to update the page
Is your key server up? I am getting a timout from the apt-key command?
regards,
evan
Key server still appears to be down or is down again.
I added a new way to add my repository. Check to see if this will get you the key. The keyserver is not administrated by me but by Canonical, so unfortunately there’s not much I can do when it’s down.
What is the name of the package which we should apt-get once we’ve added your repository?
Depending on which Ubuntu version, prior to Lucid it would be git-core and starting with Lucid you can use git.
Following your instruction i got successful prompt.
What could i have into /var/lib/apt/lists directory?
Further, i am following “How to compile.. 10.10 kernel” and the preparation step
apt-get build-dep linux
and it gives a error of missing:
ppa.launchpad.net_pdoes_ppa_ubuntu_dists_mawerik_main_source_Sources
Where i am wrong?
It looks like a typo, it’s maverick not mawerick.
Installed great. The easiest install ever. I just posted an article about your repository. Thanks so much.
Thanks, man! You saved my bacon having this ppa available.
Thanks man, that’s gold!
Hi,
I’ve changed from Ubuntu 10 to Ubuntu 11.10, but after I did apt-get install git, I found out it still was too old, so I once again needed to upgrade git to >= 1.7.6.
A few months ago, the suggestion “sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pdoes/ppa/ubuntu” worked, but now, the URL seems to be changed to “sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pdoes/ppa” instead.
However, I got errors such as
—
Preparing to replace git 1:1.7.5.4-1 (using …/git_2%3a1.7.8.3-0avh1~oneiric_i386.deb) …
mv: `/usr/lib/git-core/git-add.tmp’ and `/usr/lib/git-core/git-add’ are the same file
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/git_2%3a1.7.8.3-0avh1~oneiric_i386.deb (–unpack):
subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/git_2%3a1.7.8.3-0avh1~oneiric_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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Trying to remove git again with sudo apt-get remove git revealee that
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You might want to run ‘apt-get -f install’ to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
gitk : Depends: git (> 2:1.7.8.3) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: git (< 2:1.7.8.3-.) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
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In order to resolve these issued, I had to
sudo apt-get -f remove git-man git-doc gitk
then I could
sudo apt-get install git gitk
If we run the command
sudo apt-get install git gitk
in ubuntu 10.04, which version of git is normally installed??
I believe in Lucid git is not the git you are looking for, you need to use git-core, but I could be wrong on that one.
The version that comes with Lucid of git is 1.7.0.4