Cannot install 'git' utility with YUM
Loading the PetaLinux 'settings.sh' script, I get an error saying that 'git' cannot be found. But, when I try to install it with yum, the error is "No package git available"
Problem Description
The 'git' tool is required by PetaLinux for managing kernel source trees. However, it is not a standard tool in the RedHat or CentOS 5 distribution, and nor is it contained in that standard package repositories for RHEL/CENTOS.
Background
The git package is available for CentOS users in the EPEL package group - see below for installation instructions.
Resolution
You need to first install ssupport for the EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) repositories, using the following command:
$ sudo rpm -Uvh http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/$(uname -i)/epel-release-5-3.noarch.rpm
Then, you can install git using yum as follows
$ sudo yum install git
For advanced users, an alternative solution is to download and build/install git from source.
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