How to Install Git to RHEL 5

 This guide provides step-by-step instructions for installing Git on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.

Getting Started:

Option 1:

1. Download tarball in local PC (Windows) https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/
2. Download git-2.9.5.tar.gz from the link given on item 1. 
3. Transfer downloaded file to Linux Red Hat PC via FTP (WinSCP/FileZilla)
4. 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:

1. 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 prefix=/usr/local all && sudo make prefix=/usr/local install && git --version