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==== Installing on Linux

(((Linux, installing)))
If you want to install the basic Git tools on Linux via a binary installer, you can generally do so through the basic package-management tool that comes with your distribution.
If you're on Fedora for example (or any closely-related RPM-based distro such as RHEL or CentOS), you can use `dnf`:
If you want to install the basic Git tools on Linux via a binary installer, you can generally do so through the package management tool that comes with your distribution.
If you're on Fedora (or any closely-related RPM-based distribution, such as RHEL or CentOS), you can use `dnf`:

[source,console]
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$ sudo dnf install git-all
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If you're on a Debian-based distribution like Ubuntu, try `apt-get`:
If you're on a Debian-based distribution, such as Ubuntu, try `apt`:

[source,console]
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$ sudo apt-get install git-all
$ sudo apt install git-all
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For more options, there are instructions for installing on several different Unix flavors on the Git website, at http://git-scm.com/download/linux[].
For more options, there are instructions for installing on several different Unix distributions on the Git website, at http://git-scm.com/download/linux[].

==== Installing on Mac

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To get an automated installation you can use the https://chocolatey.org/packages/git[Git Chocolatey package].
Note that the Chocolatey package is community maintained.

Another easy way to get Git installed is by installing GitHub for Windows.
Another easy way to get Git installed is by installing GitHub Desktop.
The installer includes a command line version of Git as well as the GUI.
It also works well with Powershell, and sets up solid credential caching and sane CRLF settings.(((Powershell)))(((CRLF)))(((credential caching)))
We'll learn more about those things a little later, but suffice it to say they're things you want.
You can download this from the GitHub for Windows website, at http://windows.github.com[].
You can download this from the https://desktop.github.com/[GitHub Desktop website].

==== Installing from Source

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