How to install the most current stable version of Git on Ubuntu

Submitted by TBarregren
on Thu, 2010-07-29 02:23

The easiest way to install the version control system Git on Ubuntu is of course to do apt-get install git-core. But that will not give you the most current stable version of Git.

Usually, that wouldn’t matter to me. I prefer the stability of Ubuntu’s official repositories, instead of having the latest version of every software. But with Git it is different.

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How to use Sed together with UTF-8

Submitted by TBarregren
on Tue, 2010-07-27 01:56

One of the eldest Unix utilities is the stream editor Sed. It was born 1973, and is still going strong. If you haven't yet made its acquaintance, I highly recommend that you read Bruce Barnett's Sed -- An Introduction and Tutorial. I use the GNU version of Sed almost everyday.

There is just one problem with Sed. It sometimes get confused by character encoding, in particular UTF-8 and ISO-8859-1

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How to tunnel CVS over SSH

Submitted by TBarregren
on Sun, 2009-02-08 01:54

This mini-HOWTO explains how to tunnel CVS by port forwarding with OpenSSH.

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cvs

How to login on SSH without password

Submitted by TBarregren
on Sat, 2009-01-17 12:36

This mini-HOWTO explains how to login with OpenSSH without password.

To login on a remote server without being prompted for password, you need to store your public key on the server. If you don’t already have a public key, you need to generate a public/private key pair. To do that, just run following command:

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How to install Git from source on Ubuntu

Submitted by TBarregren
on Fri, 2009-01-16 15:14

UPDATE: There is an easier and better way to do this. See How to install the most current stable version of Git on Ubuntu.

This mini-HOWTO explains how to install Git from source on Ubuntu. Git is a free Version Control System (VCS) which is distributed.

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