# Build git from source code

## 1) Go to https://git-scm.com/ and check out the latest version of Git

Currently, the latest version is 2.18.0. Download and extract it and go to the folder of the source code:

```
wget https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-2.18.0.tar.gz
tar xf git-2.18.0.tar.gz
cd git-2.18.0/
```

## 2) Install the dependencies

```
yum groupinstall 'Development Tools'
yum install curl-devel expat-devel gettext-devel openssl-devel zlib-devel perl-CPAN perl-devel
```

## 3) Configure

```
make configure
./configure --prefix=/usr/local
```

## 4) Compile

```
make all
```

## 5) Install

```
make install
```