Re: [git-users] Compiling Git on Linux..

2013-02-04 Thread Konstantin Khomoutov
On Mon, 04 Feb 2013 07:42:26 + Philip Oakley philipoak...@iee.org wrote: [...] Hi, yes, I was really wanting to hack on the latest version. I've done a bit on the Msysgit version before, but to get at the Git core code it looks like working on Linux would be the best approach. So I'm

[git-users] Compiling Git on Linux..

2013-02-03 Thread Philip Oakley
I have recently got a spare laptop and installed Linux (I've been on Windows since 3.1, and stuff before that) , and I'm trying to get my head around some of the Git install issues on Linux. In particular how to compile my own version of Git, separate from the installed version. I've got

Re: [git-users] Compiling Git on Linux..

2013-02-03 Thread Dale R. Worley
From: Philip Oakley philipoak...@iee.org I then compiled with 'make prefix=/usr/local all' and got what I think was a successful compile. I don't know how to compile Git, but the general practice in Unix builds is for make to *compile* the needed code, but only into files within the

Re: [git-users] Compiling Git on Linux..

2013-02-03 Thread John McKown
Ubuntu installed git into /usr/bin. You installed it into /usr/local/bin. Normally, /usr/bin is before /usr/local/bin on the PATH. You can address this by putting /usr/local/bin on the PATH before /usr/bin. Or you, if you want to replace git, use the normal Ubuntu method to uninstall git. This

Re: [git-users] Compiling Git on Linux..

2013-02-03 Thread Philip Oakley
is set up ;-) . - Original Message - From: John McKown To: git-users@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2013 5:56 PM Subject: Re: [git-users] Compiling Git on Linux.. Ubuntu installed git into /usr/bin. You installed it into /usr/local/bin. Normally, /usr/bin is before

Re: [git-users] Compiling Git on Linux..

2013-02-03 Thread Martin Møller Skarbiniks Pedersen
On 3 February 2013 18:56, John McKown john.archie.mck...@gmail.com wrote: Ubuntu installed git into /usr/bin. You installed it into /usr/local/bin. Normally, /usr/bin is before /usr/local/bin on the PATH. You can address this by putting /usr/local/bin on the PATH before /usr/bin. Normally

Re: [git-users] Compiling Git on Linux..

2013-02-03 Thread John McKown
Thanks for the info, I'm not familiar with Ubuntu. On Feb 3, 2013 3:04 PM, Martin Møller Skarbiniks Pedersen traxpla...@gmail.com wrote: On 3 February 2013 18:56, John McKown john.archie.mck...@gmail.com wrote: Ubuntu installed git into /usr/bin. You installed it into /usr/local/bin.

Re: [git-users] Compiling Git on Linux..

2013-02-03 Thread Philip Oakley
@googlegroups.com ; John McKown Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2013 8:26 PM Subject: Re: [git-users] Compiling Git on Linux.. That was a useful start, I also realised I hadn't made sure I'd checked out the right working tree (my repo has both the Msysgit version and Junio's versio). The /usr/local/bin

Re: [git-users] Compiling Git on Linux..

2013-02-03 Thread Konstantin Khomoutov
On Sun, Feb 03, 2013 at 05:34:00PM +, Philip Oakley wrote: I have recently got a spare laptop and installed Linux (I've been on Windows since 3.1, and stuff before that) , and I'm trying to get my head around some of the Git install issues on Linux. In particular how to compile my own

Re: [git-users] Compiling Git on Linux..

2013-02-03 Thread Philip Oakley
On 03/02/13 23:43, Konstantin Khomoutov wrote: On Sun, Feb 03, 2013 at 05:34:00PM +, Philip Oakley wrote: I have recently got a spare laptop and installed Linux (I've been on Windows since 3.1, and stuff before that) , and I'm trying to get my head around some of the Git install issues on