How to install Git on Linux

Linux is a popular and as well as widely used operating system. The installation of Git on Linux is quite simpler when compared to other platforms. However, one has to use the right package manager for Linux distribution.
We will proceed with this tutorial to see how to install and set up Git on various distributions of Linux operation systems.

For Debian/Ubuntu

You will run the following command on the shell/terminal to install Git in Linux.

sudo apt-get install git

Now, confirm whether Git was successfully installed, use the to —
version command:

git --version

For Fedora, CentOS and RHEL

You will run the command below from the shell/terminal:

$ sudo dnf install git

But, in case you are using an older version then use yum instead of dnf:

$ sudo yum install git

For OpenSUSE

You will open the shell and run the command below to install Git on OpenSUSE:

$ sudo zypper install git

For Arch and its derivatives

You will run the pacman command below in the shell to install Git:

$ sudo pacman -S git

Thus, if the command above displays the Git version as shown below, then Git was
successfully installed.

$ git --version