Install git From Source on Ubuntu

When apt doesn’t give you the latest version on an AWS EC2 Ubuntu instance

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So I reinstall git and run the clone command above in the folder where I want to download the git repository.

Next I check out the read me (scroll down):

GitHub — git/git: Git Source Code Mirror — This is a publish-only repository

Which sends me to an install file which has a lot of instructions but the pertinent ones to me are:

Normally you can just do “make” followed by “make install”, and that will install the git programs in your own ~/bin/ directory.

Sounds simple right? (ahahahaha)

Let’s try it. I get into the change to the git directory and run the commands.