Installing Git on Linux

Use the package manager appropriate for your distribution to install GIT like yum or apt-get.

For instance for Ubuntu Linux use:

sudo apt install git

or for Amazon Linux, Centos or Redhat:

sudo yum install git

Sometimes these installation commands may have trouble if you have:

An out of date version of Linux
A virtual machine of Linux that you haven’t run for a while or haven’t rebooted for a while

It’s a good idea to start with rebooting the machine and run any updates that are needed.

If you have a really toasted copy of Linux you might want to get a fresh one.