This guide provides step-by-step instructions for installing Git on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5. Getting Started: Option 1: Download tarball in local PC (Windows) https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/ Download git-2.9.5.tar.gz from the link given on item 1. Transfer downloaded file to Linux Red Hat PC via FTP (WinSCP/FileZilla) Use the following commands to install git: tar -xvzf git-2.9.5.tar.gz //(untar the file) cd git-2.9.5 //(move directory inside the file) make prefix=/usr/local all //(make installation file) make prefix=/usr/local install //(install the file) git --version //(check if git is successfully installed) Option 2: Run the following command in via terminal in RHEL via root user. cd /tmp && wget https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-2.9.5.tar.gz && tar -xvzf git-2.9.5.tar.gz && cd git-2.9.5 && make ...