Installing Git

Git is a version control system, used to interact with code repositories. The LOCKSS Installer is available from GitHub, and you will need a Git client to download it.

Follow these instructions to install Git:

  1. Run this command (as any user):

    git --version
    
  2. If the output is a version number (for example git version 2.31.1), Git is already installed; however if you see an error message (for example bash: git: command not found), follow the instructions corresponding to your operating system below to install Git as root 1:

    To install Git, run this Dnf command (as root):

    dnf --assumeyes install git
    

Footnotes

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See Running Commands as root.