Comments on: Git Packages for Ubuntu

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:03:50 +0000

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

By: Sahab

Sahab — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:22:23 +0000

If we run the command

sudo apt-get install git gitk

in ubuntu 10.04, which version of git is normally installed??

By: Fredrik Lundström

Fredrik Lundström — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:39:14 +0000

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)
—
Trying to remove git again with sudo apt-get remove git revealee that
—
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).
—

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

By: Dariusz Kordonski

Dariusz Kordonski — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 23:13:05 +0000

Thanks man, that’s gold!

By: buffalobillion

buffalobillion — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:33:16 +0000

Thanks, man! You saved my bacon having this ppa available.

By: Ulysses

Ulysses — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 08:08:44 +0000

Installed great. The easiest install ever. I just posted an article about your repository. Thanks so much.

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 02:20:43 +0000

It looks like a typo, it’s maverick not mawerick.

By: tebee

tebee — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:10:14 +0000

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?

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 11:26:00 +0000

Depending on which Ubuntu version, prior to Lucid it would be git-core and starting with Lucid you can use git.

By: ninja overlord

ninja overlord — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 05:56:36 +0000

What is the name of the package which we should apt-get once we’ve added your repository?