GIT: Installation of the Git command line tooling

6.1. Ubuntu, Debian and derived systems

On Ubuntu and similar systems you can install the Git command line tool via the following command:

sudo apt-get install git

6.2. Fedora, Red Hat and derived systems

On Fedora, Red Hat and similar systems you can install the Git command line tool via the following command:

dnf install git

6.3. Other Linux systems

To install Git on other Linux distributions please check the documentation of your distribution. The following listing contains the commands for the most popular ones.

# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -S git

# Gentoo
sudo emerge -av git

# SUSE
sudo zypper install git

6.4. Windows

A Windows version of Git can be found on the Git download page. This website provides native installers for each operating system. The homepage of the Windows Git project is git for window.

6.5. Mac OS

The easiest way to install Git on a Mac is via the Git download page and to download and run the installer for Mac OS X.

Git is also installed by default with the Apple Developer Tools on Mac OS X.