如何在Linux服务器上不使用sudo安装git

Question

I tried the following to install git without sudo permissions

wget https://github.com/git/git/archive/v2.1.2.tar.gz -O git.tar.gz
tar -zxf git.tar.gz

cd git-2.1.2/

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

make install

Can anyone help me how to install git with out sudo?

Answer 1

As with most autoconf -ed software, you could decide to configure it with --prefix=$HOME/soft/ (or some other prefix belonging to you)

Then, since $HOME/soft/ is a directory belonging to you, you won't need any sudo for installation

Of course you'll want to add $HOME/soft/bin/ to your $PATH

You may also want to pass --sysconfdir=$HOME/etc and you might pass --program-suffix=-mine (to later run git-mine instead of git )

I strongly recommend to run configure with --help at first, and to read the INSTALL file of your particular software (before compilation time), eg this for git

You may also need to deal with dependencies (be aware of the dependency hell ), so you might need to install other libraries (and perhaps even adjust your $LD_LIBRARY_PATH to add $HOME/soft/lib/ to it, etc).

See also GNU stow

Read the Installing GIT chapter (notably Installing from Source )

In some cases having a discussion with your sysadmin could be easier.

Answer 2

Simply choose a prefix that you have permission on, eg a folder inside your user's home:

./configure --prefix=$HOME/opt/
make install

Then you will have to add $HOME/opt/bin/ into your PATH env-var.