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How To Install Git and Git-Gui on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Debian and Linux Mint

Offically Website of GitHub
https://github.com/git/git

Offically Website of Git
https://git-scm.com/downloads

Method 1
Installing Git
Step1 :- sudo apt update
Step2 :- sudo apt install git  OR  sudo apt-get install git-gui

Verify
Step3 :- git --version

Method 2
Installing Git from Source
Step1 :- sudo apt update
Step2 :- sudo apt install make libssl-dev libghc-zlib-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libexpat1-dev gettext unzip
Step3 :- cd /tmp  OR  cd /usr/src/
Step4 :- sudo wget https://github.com/git/git/archive/v2.26.0.zip -O git.zip  
      OR sudo wget https://github.com/git/git/archive/v2.26.0.tar.gz -O git.tar.gz    
Step5 :- sudo unzip git.zip
      OR sudo tar -xf git.tar.gz
Step6 :- cd git-*
Step7 :- sudo make prefix=/usr/local all
Step8 :- sudo make prefix=/usr/local install
 
ERROR
cache.h:21:10: fatal error: zlib.h: No such file or directory
 #include <zlib.h>
          ^~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
Makefile:2387: recipe for target 'fuzz-commit-graph.o' failed
make: *** [fuzz-commit-graph.o] Error 1

SOLUTIONS   
Step1 :- sudo apt-get install libz-dev
Step2 :- sudo apt install zlib1g-dev

Step9 :- git --version

Clone the Git
Step10 :- cd ~
Step11 :- git clone https://github.com/git/git.git  OR  git clone https://github.com/git/git
Step12 :- cd git
Step13 :- sudo make prefix=/usr/local all
Step14 :- sudo make prefix=/usr/local install

Configuring Git
Step15 :- git config --global user.name "Cloud Network"
Step16 :- git config --global user.email "itcloudnet@gmail.com"

Verify
Step17 :- git config --list

configuration file of Git
Step18 :- nano ~/.gitconfig

Download :- http://git-scm.com/downloads

Step1 :- sudo apt-get install git
Step2 :- git config --global user.name "YOUR NAME"
Step3 :- git config --global user.email "YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS"

Tell Git the email address that will be associated with your Git commits. The email you specify should be the same one you used to sign up for GitHub. To keep your email address hidden, see "Keeping your email address private".